Because Eli Whitney's cotton gin made production easier, it could be grown easily in various growing conditions, and because England was a major market for the product.
Tobacco was a major cash crop in the colonial period. Cotton was the major agricultural staple when the United States was formed.
Staple Crops- a textile fiber crop This was made possible by economic improvement because of the high demand of cotton. It was also because the industrial revolution had just occured and they had just invented the "water frame" and "the spinning jenny" bothused to make textiles, or fabric.
Indigo was the major cash crop, but rice and cotton were a close second.
At first it was tobacco, then it became cotton during Slavery times.
the major crop prior to the civil war was cotton
The ability to produce short-staple cotton Virginia, but removing seeds from the cotton bolls was so labor intensive that growing short-staple cotton was only marginally profitable. That situation changed after Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. With the seed extraction problem solved, short-staple cotton became the South's major industry. Cotton became king.
The ability to produce short-staple cotton Virginia, but removing seeds from the cotton bolls was so labor intensive that growing short-staple cotton was only marginally profitable. That situation changed after Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. With the seed extraction problem solved, short-staple cotton became the South's major industry. Cotton became king.
Africa I believe
Cod was plentiful in the area, so it became a major dietary staple.
A staple food is one that is eaten regularly and in such quantities as to constitute the dominant part of the diet and supply a major proportion of energy and nutrient needs.
Tobacco was a major cash crop in the colonial period. Cotton was the major agricultural staple when the United States was formed.
Staple Crops- a textile fiber crop This was made possible by economic improvement because of the high demand of cotton. It was also because the industrial revolution had just occured and they had just invented the "water frame" and "the spinning jenny" bothused to make textiles, or fabric.
Staple Crops- a textile fiber crop This was made possible by economic improvement because of the high demand of cotton. It was also because the industrial revolution had just occured and they had just invented the "water frame" and "the spinning jenny" bothused to make textiles, or fabric.
Corn, potatoes, tobacco, pineapple, sugar cane, coffee, and cotton all became major cash crops.
Indigo was the major cash crop, but rice and cotton were a close second.
well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco
africa and south sfrica and england although all of these countries have more than one staple, hope this helps?