SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Had richer soil
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Produced more cash crops
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Relied more on slave labor
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Were much smaller
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most Indian farmers are subsistence farmers who produce crops for their family. Farmers divide their property between their sons, which decreases the size of the farm.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only about 40 percent of the Northern population was still engaged in agriculture by 1860, as compared to 84 percent of the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did farming in the Northeast differ from that in the South? Northeast: farms small, grew crops for local markets; South: farms could be large, grew cotton for exports. Was the new technology necessary for the Industrial Revolution? New technology made it possible to produce more goods more cheaply.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poor soil made farming difficult. The growing season was short; there was only enough time to plant one crop such as corn. Most farmers could do no more than what is called substance farming. That meant that farmers could produce only enough for them to eat and live on.