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Which crop changed the British West Indies from a society of independent small landowners utilizing white servant labor to a society of large plantation owners utilizing black slave labor?
sugar
What was the major economy of the southern colonies?
The South was a cash crop economy of cotton and tobacco.
The origins of the atlantic slave trade were most strongly tied to what crop?
Sugar..
Why were Africans used as a source of labor in the Americas?
Because they were cheap labor. They wanted to be able to do unwanted work cheaply without doing it themselves. It started with indentured servants, which eventually lead to African slaves. they were mostly used in the south for the tobacco crops which the leaves had to be harvested by hand. The other main crop they were used for is cotton.
Why did the south depend on slave labor?
because unlike the North the south didn't have the right economic system for it to have factories. The South was not industrialized like the North was, therefor it had slaves. also it had large plantations of cotton and other plants, that farmers couldn't harvest alone so they used slaves.
What was required to make plantation cash crop a source or wealth?
Slave labor
What was a result of raising sugar as a cash crop in the new world?
Slave Labor was needed
What crop requiring slave labor was primarily produced in Louisiana?
Sugar
What crop did settlers first grow in Brazil?
Settlers in Brazil grew sugarcane as their first crop. The crops were labor intensive which was a catalyst for bringing in slave labor.
What crop created a demand for slave labor in the late 17th century America?
corn
Once people started raising sugar as a cash crop in the New World an important result was that .?
Slave labor was needed.
What Once people started raising sugar as a cash crop in the new world an important result was that?
Slave labor was needed
Why the plantation system is essential to a successful crop of rice?
Both crops could be grown using the same labor force
What made cotton profitable?
The combination of the cotton gin and slave labor made cotton a profitable crop for plantation-style agriculture.
Why did Virginia farmers use more slave labor?
There was more tobacco and cash crop overall, so the needed more labor to keep up with the amount of work that needed to be done.
What key crop was grown in the new world that led to the need for African slave labor?
In the United States African slave labor was used for tobacco crops. In terms of food crops in the New World, sugar cane harvesting was very labor-intensive and many slaves were used in these endeavors.
Which crop changed the British West Indies from a society of independent small landowners utilizing white servant labor to a society of large plantation owners utilizing black slave labor?
sugar
