They grew large amounts of crops and sold/kept slaves.
The wealthy landowners spread out with the expansion of Roman territories. Expansion offered new lands to be cultivated and the wealthy landowners took up their opportunities.
how was a wealthy and powerful class of maryland landowners created
During feudal times, lords were the landowners who ruled over the peasants living in their jurisdiction, called a manor. There was a sharp divide between classes, as peasants and serfs struggled to survive, while the rich literally got fat in luxury.
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Kulaks
yes.
Yes
they probably traded..
the PATRICIANS. the poor, common people were the PLEBIANS.
No- not for the most part, a least not in his first two campaigns. Eventually some of the wealthy landowners in Kentucky and Tennessee came to support him but not the old money people in Virginia and the Northeast. His main support came from small farmers in what was then the western states.
The patricians
No they did not. These landowners were too powerful.