SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Cotton and Tobacco
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Cotton and wheat
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Tobacco and corn
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Tobacco and wheat
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Detailed explanation-1: -The crops that were grown were called cash crops because they were harvested for the specific purpose of selling to others. The cash crops of the southern colonies included cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo (a plant that was used to create blue dye). In Virginia and Maryland, the main cash crop was tobacco.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the cash crops grown in the developing nations are sold to the developed nations for a better price. Well-known cash crops include coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton, and sugarcane.
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus brought sugar to Hispaniola in 1493, and the new crop thrived. Over the next century of colonization, Caribbean islands and most other tropical areas became centers of sugar production, which in turn fueled the demand to enslave Africans for labor.