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Where did the demand for cotton grown in the south come from?
it came from when the cotton jin was invented which made collecting the seeds easier so they would grow alot more
What percentage of England's cotton came from the US in 1860?
In 1860 the textile mills were heavily dependent of US cotton imports. Seventy-five percent of England's cotton came from the US.
How were the Confederate states hoping to use cotton to help win the war?
They sold and shipped the bulk of their cotton to English mills and thought the English would need the cotton. They calculated wrong because the mills had plenty of cotton to last awhile. So no help came.
How did tobacco and cotton affect South Carolina's economy?
cotton was large selling crop. Most of South Carolina's money came from cotton.
Which region had an economy based on cotton production and slavery?
The south had an economy built on cotton and slaves. Then when the cotton gin came into the picture the slaves were used less because of the gin worked faster than the slaves and so the demand in slaves dropped dramatically.
How much of the worlds cotton supply came from the southern US?
By 1860, cotton fueled the Southern economy and helped the Northern textile mills. Two thirds of the world's cotton was produced by the Southern plantations. The northern textile mills were effected by the disruption of the US Civil War in that by 1860, mills sold $100 million worth of cloth made from cotton.
Did the south want plantations?
Yes. That's where their cotton wealth came from.
What does Lord of the lash and lord of the loom mean?
By 1860, New England produced almost 70 percent of the cotton cloth made in the U.S. and its cotton mills. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 came just three years after Samuel Slater built his cotton mill in Pawtucket, the first automated cotton mill in the U.S. By increasing demand in the North and productivity in the South, the two technologies worked together to increase cotton production exponentially - and with it, the number of Africans who found themselves in slavery. Choosing cotton grown by slaves tied (the mill owners) into the cotton economy. They were businessmen and they saw their mills as a way of providing employment throughout New England. About 3.8 million slaves produced almost 4 million bales of cotton in 1860, four times the number of slaves and 40 times the amount of cotton of just 40 years earlier.
Why did the Confederacy believe Great Britain would intervene in the US Civil War?
The Confederacy believed that Great Britain would intervene via "peace talks" to benefit the South. Confederate leaders believed that cotton was a bargaining chip to be used. It was a valid argument. Great Britain's cotton supply came via the South and 75% of its imported cotton was from the Confederacy. Also, the textile mills in England employed 20% of English workers.
Where did most of Britain's cotton come from?
Most of Britain's cotton came from its colonies in India and later from the southern United States during the Industrial Revolution. The demand for cotton textiles and the expansion of the cotton industry in Britain drove the need for a steady supply of raw cotton.
Southern colonies cash crops?
In the early period the cash crop was tobacco. By 1850, it was cotton, which made the South very prosperous when it came to money. From this came the expression "Cotton is king!"
Did the cotton gin increase slavery?
Before the invention of the cotton gin, the production of cotton for textile was very labor-intensive and uneconomical. The way a cotton boll grows, the fibers are interspersed with the seeds. To make useful material, the seeds would have to be picked from the bolls by hand which expended a great deal of man-hours. The cotton gin allowed cotton fibers to be separated from the seeds mechanically without a great deal of supervision. This allowed for industrial scale production of cotton at a time when texile mills in Great Britain were also becoming mechanized. The demand for cotton and the ability to process cotton in quantity meant that cotton needed to be produced in volume. Slaves were imported as a means of providing the manpower necessary to plant and harvest the large quantity of cotton.
