Southern Colonies Plantation System and Cash Crops: Tobacco
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What was the main cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies (Virginia and Maryland)?
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What defines a 'cash crop' in colonial agriculture?
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How did intensive tobacco farming affect the soil in Virginia?
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Who introduced a profitable sweet strain of tobacco to Jamestown?
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Why did tobacco plantations require large labor forces?
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How did tobacco planters transport their heavy crop barrels to merchant ships?
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What major shift occurred in the Southern labor force in the late 1600s?
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Why did towns and urban trade centers develop more slowly in the Southern Colonies?
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What was the primary destination for Southern tobacco exports under British law?
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How did the Headright System encourage the expansion of tobacco plantations?
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What crop product was so valuable it was used as a official form of currency in colonial Virginia?
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What type of land was best suited for establishing a profitable tobacco plantation?