SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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they wanted to experiment with new kinds of cash crops
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local Indians frequently destroyed their fields
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tobacco ruined fertile soil after a few years.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The planters found it difficult to expand the area under nij cultivation. Indigo could be cultivated only on fertile lands, and these were all already densely populated. Only small plots scattered over the landscape could be acquired.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: A “planter” was generally a farmer who owned many slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -The farmers were totally unprotected from the indigo planters, who resorted to mortgages or destruction of their property if they were unwilling to obey them. Government rules favoured the planters. By an act in 1833, the planters were granted a free hand to deal with the peasants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indigo cultivation has helped in regenerating wastelands, enriching the soil and curbing soil erosion, explains Bharti.