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Plantation Economy

Plantation Economy. By Zach Lang . On The Plantation. From the start of Jamestown, plantations became important to the southern colonies. They learned to make new crops Tobacco rice indigo they made more and more plantations. Question 1.

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Plantation Economy

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  1. Plantation Economy By Zach Lang

  2. On The Plantation From the start of Jamestown, plantations became important to the southern colonies. They learned to make new crops • Tobacco • rice • indigo they made more and more plantations.

  3. Question 1 What were the new three new crops that were in the southern colonies?

  4. Early Plantations Early plantations were usually built in the rich soil of the southern tidewater. Tidewater is low-lying land along a coast. Waterways in area made it easy to get crops to markets by boat. Crop buyers from England traveled the waterways with English-made goods such as shoes, lace, thread, farm tools, and dishes.

  5. Question 2 • What were four English-made goods that were delivered to the colonies by waterway?

  6. Brokers Most larger plantations had brokers They were paid to • Buy for someone else • Sell for someone else Planters sent crops to England with a list of things they needed the broker to sell or buy

  7. Question 3 What did brokers do?

  8. A BIG Problem Because crops hurt the soil, they had to clear more and more land. 

  9. Question 4 Short answer question!!!!!! What do you think is a good solution to this and why?

  10. Up The planters moved up rivers to higher land. There they built more plantations.

  11. Question 5 Another short answer question!!!  Why did they follow the river?

  12. Vocab Tidewater • Low-lying land near the coast Broker • People who sold and bought stuff for someone else

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