Southern Colonies Strengths And Weaknesses

Benjamin Franklin says that some strengths the colonies have are that they want the best for their country (which they consider to be apart of Great Britain), in the sense that they want glory, power, and business for the king. “The inhabitants of are, in common with the other subjects of Great Britain,” Franklin likely sees this as a strength because to be British is to be of importance. This is because the British saw themselves as intelligent and well-mannered people and saw others, for example, the native americans, not as good as the British. To have something in common with a group of people who’re seen as great is a strength.
Andrew Burnaby states that the southern colonies “have so many inherent causes of weakness, that they never