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In the southern colonies during the 1800s what were the resources they had and used?
the natural resources were cotton,indigo,rice,tobacco,and corn
What was the planter elite?
The Planter Elite was the highest class of Southern society in the 1800s leading up to the Civil War. They were the minority of the population at the time, controlling 90% of the South's wealth through the ownership of various cotton plantations.
What was most responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade in the early 1800s?
The invention of the Cotton Gin, and the widespread popularity of cotton garments and products led to an increase in the domestic slave trade. International slave trading had been banned, however, the buying and selling of slaves within the United States increased to meet the demand for labor on large cotton plantations.
How was cotton made in the 1800s?
it was grown by bushes!
Why did slavery spread through the southern colonies?
They had the cotton plantations and they needed people to crop the cotton, so they had slaves do it because they didn't want to hire white people because if they had slaves, they wouldn't have to pay them, and they would have to pay the whites.
What 1800s practices of southern farmers overworked the land?
growing cash crops such as cotton and tobacco -apex ;)
What two crops were produced in Georgia in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
Cotton was vary popular in the lait 1700 to 1800 and it still is!!
In the southern colonies during the 1800s what were the resources they had and used?
the natural resources were cotton,indigo,rice,tobacco,and corn
What was the planters class?
In the Southern states of America and in the Caribbean during the 1700-1800s, the Planter class was composed of the whites who owned plantations growing sugar, cotton, tobacco, etc., and slaves. They were the upper class and considered higher than either free working people or slaves who were at the bottom.
American settlements that enjoyed profitable farming?
The mid Atlantic colonies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware were initially some of the most successful farming areas during the 1800s. Later, colonies in the South began to develop large plantations for crops such as tobacco and cotton.
Conditions on cotton plantations?
During the 1800s, conditions on cotton plantations were typically not great for slaves. The owner would live in a big manor, while the slaves usually lived in shacks. Also, disease could spread very easily in slave quarters, so it was not a very safe place to live.
What were the four major export of the southern colonies?
-Tobacco -Indigo -Rice Cotton didn't emerge as a huge crop until post-colonial times (1800s).
What did plantation owners grow in the 1800s?
Some of the main crops in the South include: wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, citrus fruits, and pecans and peanuts. Texas is mostly known for growing wheat and cotton. Lousiana and Arkansas are mostly known for growing rice and sugarcane. Florida and Texas are mostly known for cultivating citrus fruits. Georgia is mostly known for growing pecans and peanuts. Information received from Geography, The World and its People, produced by Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Did South Carolina focused on their sugar plantations during the 1800s?
true
What products in the southern colonies?
the products produced in the southern colonies were tobacco,rice,indigo,a little fish,and timber.They also trade slaves with other states or countries.
What was the planter elite?
The Planter Elite was the highest class of Southern society in the 1800s leading up to the Civil War. They were the minority of the population at the time, controlling 90% of the South's wealth through the ownership of various cotton plantations.
What factors determined the south's commercial agricultural economy in the 1800s?
Prior to the US Civil War, the South's commercial agricultural economy was based on such factors as: A. Plantations worked primarily on cheap slave labor made the South's economy a viable one; B. The two major crops of the South were cotton & tobacco. Both in the Northern US States and in the world's markets, these two crops were in high demand for most of the 1800's before the Civil War; and C. Cotton was essential for textile mills in the North and in Britain. Tobacco was a "recreational" product also in high demand.
