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Because the dominant trade was cotton, and the growers saw themselves as a rural aristocracy, discouraging their sons from soiling their hands in industry andcommerce.
The automation of cotton picking would likely reduce the demand for labor in the industry, potentially leading to unemployment or loss of income for southern cotton growers who rely on manual labor. It could also result in reduced competitiveness if other regions adopt automation more quickly. Additionally, the upfront cost of investing in automated machinery could be a barrier for smaller-scale cotton growers.
The sugar industry and the cotton industry.
There is no such word as "inpration". If you mean to ask why the cotton industry was a sort of 'inspiration' for the Civil War, the answer is that cotton growers in the South needed slave labor on their estates and saw the anti-slavery policies of the North as a reason to secede.
The top cotton-growing states in the United States are Texas, Georgia, and Mississippi. These states have favorable climates and conditions for growing cotton, making them leaders in cotton production.
New England never grew cotton. Cotton is a hot weather plant that needs plenty of water to grow. It is planted in the early spring and picked in the fall months. The hot weather of the southern states was perfect for cotton. New England is cold with snow in the winters and has rocky soil. New England's main industry was fishing. ship building. and naval stores.
Edmund Cartwright built and patented a power loom in 1785, and it was this that was adopted by the nascent cotton industry in England.
the cotton gin benefited cotton growers (but im not fully sure) :o)
£3.00 -£7.00 a day
The main reason that England lost its hold on the textile industry was the discovery that cotton could be grown in the United States by using slave labor. The United States, then began exporting its cotton to other countries.
There was an economic crisis in England. Americans would export their cotton to England in return for manufactured cotton textiles. Because the English economy was in trouble, cotton prices dropped in America (the demand of American imports dropped in England).
The main reason that England lost its hold on the textile industry was the discovery that cotton could be grown in the United States by using slave labor. The United States, then began exporting its cotton to other countries.