USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The large farms in the south of the USA were called
A
big farms
B
plantations
C
palmtations
D
cotton fields
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1600s large farms called plantations flourished in the souther colonies of America: The soil there was rich. The warm climate created excellent conditions for successfully growing crops for profit. Two favourite crops of the times were tobacco and nice.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is B estates. A huge land used for cultivation of mainly a single crop is called a plantation or an estate.

Detailed explanation-3: -A plantation was a large farmed area where crops were grown for-profit and African slave labor was used to cultivate crops. Most plantations were located in the south during slavery in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term plantation arose as settlements in the southern United States, originally linked with colonial expansion, came to revolve around the production of agriculture. The word plantation first appeared in English in the 15th century. Originally, the word meant to plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.

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