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The plantations were wealthy landowners in New Netherland who owned and ruled large estates.
No they did not. These landowners were too powerful.
by Lord Baltimore giving large estates to relatives and other aristocrats.
As Rome grew, many Rome's rich landowners lived on huge estates. Small farmers found it difficult to compete with the large estates. So a large number of them old their lands to wealthy landowners. They became poor and jobless. So if they limited the size of the roman estates, the small farmers wouldn't have to sell lands and become poor.
Yes
Large agricultural estates can have different names, depending on historical time and location: Hacienda: a large Spanish colonial estate owned by a wealthy family but worked by many peasants Manor: large estates in the Middle Ages Plantation: large agricultural estates in the US which grew cash crops such as sugar, cotton, and tobacco Latifundia: large estates in Ancient Rome, owned by patricians Minifundia; small plots of land intensively farmed by campesinos to feed their families. Campesinos, however, rarely owned these plots, which were held by either wealthy landowners or the government. Patroonship: the Dutch granted patroonships or estates of land in the New Netherlands
They grew large amounts of crops and sold/kept slaves.
No. Although the Egyptians had large estates, they were never called villas. The villa was a Roman estate. But only the wealthy could afford them.
some grew wealthy, some lost some status, respect and power
because of the money differences of small landowners and large landowners.
A Roman large landed estate was called latifundium (plural latifundia).
Wealthy landowners, began buying up much of the land that village farmers had once worked. The large landowners dramatically improved farming methods. These innovations amounted to an agricultural revolution.