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Why did slavery begin in colonial america?

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


What country used large amounts of slaves for tobacco production in some American colonies but as indentured servants in others?

England was the country that utilized large amounts of slaves for tobacco production in some American colonies, particularly in the Chesapeake region, while employing indentured servants in others, such as in the Northern colonies. The labor system varied as plantation owners shifted from indentured servitude, which was more common in the early colonial period, to the use of enslaved Africans as the demand for tobacco increased. This transition marked a significant shift in labor practices in colonial America.


What was the impact of slavery on the development of Colonial America?

The slavery impact on the development of colonial America was great, slaves were brought to the colonized america to work. Some slaves were in an area that abolished slavery so they were kind of like citizens in north but in the south they were treated like a working horse. Also slaves helped and maintained the cotton and tobacco fields, helping colonies create income.


What was the first cash crop in North America?

Tobacco was the first cash crop in the English Colonies in America. The first to grow tobacco was John Rolfe of Jamestown. He brought tobacco seeds he had acquired in Trinidad . By 1612, he had harvested his initial crop to be exported to Europe.


How did tobacco farming change settlements at Jamestown?

It increased the demand for labor.~apex

Related Questions

Increased colonial production of staple crops like tobacco and rice led to?

it led to an increase in the number of slaves brought from america


What was the biggest cash crop for Colonial America?

tobacco


What was the first set of laws in Colonial America?

minimum price of tobacco


What became a major cash crop in Colonial America because of the Columbian Exchange?

Tobacco


What did the tobacco boom led to?

The Tobacco Boom (a new hot commodity in the Americas) led to the use of indentured servitude and then slavery in colonial America.


The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of?

Virginia and Maryland


In Colonial America the spread of what industry is most often associated with the early development of slavery?

tobacco


What was the significance of tobacco during the gilded age?

Tobacco production and exportation were staples of the Colonial economy. Tobacco production increased slave labor in the colonies. Debt to British tobacco merchants led to financial devastation for many prominent colonists.


Compare and contrast the ways in which tobacco and sugar affected the social and economic development of Colonial America?

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Did Colonial Maryland grow tobacco or cotton?

Tobacco.


What did a colonial South Carolina tobacco farmer do in a day?

farm tobacco


If you produced tobacco in one of the southern colonies in the late Colonial Era did you have a say in the colonial government?

If you produced tobacco in one of the southern colonies in the late Colonial Era you were a very important financial asset to your government. These tobacco producers did have a say in their colonial government for this reason.