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US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)
Revision as of 00:34, 9 May 2021
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* 1675-76 Bacon's Rebellion<br><br> | * 1675-76 Bacon's Rebellion<br><br> | ||
* 1680s significant growth in slavery | * 1680s significant growth in slavery | ||
* 1730s rice economy | |||
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=== cash crops === | === cash crops === | ||
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** many former servants become tenent farmers (rent not land ownership) due to costs of land surveys, fees, farming equipment & animals, etc. | ** many former servants become tenent farmers (rent not land ownership) due to costs of land surveys, fees, farming equipment & animals, etc. | ||
** general trend is towards small-farm ownership and westward expansion in search for new lands to farm | ** general trend is towards small-farm ownership and westward expansion in search for new lands to farm | ||
* rice economy | |||
** 1730 Parliament removed rice from mercantalist restrictions, freeing sale directly to other nations | |||
** rice economy rose/fell with wars | |||
** when price was high benefited freeholders and not large plantations | |||