english: The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers  or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land.
non_english: De gewassen in de nieuwe kolonies,  suikerriet, tabak en katoen, waren zeer arbeidsintensief en er waren niet genoeg kolonisten of contractarbeiders om alle nieuwe gronden te verbouwen.