Agriculture was what the whole village's economy was based on. Citizens consumed food produced by the peasant farmers whose wives would join in and help with the harvesting. It was crucial for farmers to realize when it was the right time to harvest. A small fraction of land was given to the peasant's from their lords in exchange for their demanding hours of labor. Regardless, there was a good chance of a peasant not having a sufficient amount of food if it rained alot, therefore the family would starve to
In the Southern colonies, the main source of economic growth was agriculture, specifically the planting and harvesting of tobacco, indigo, rice, and sugar cane, which were the staple crops of the region. These crops were often grown on very large plantations owned by wealthy white men, with little assistance to work the plantations. Not wanting to pay indentured servants for work, they often bought slaves to work the fields. This ended up saving them a lot of money, as they only had to pay for the initial purchase of the slave and, aside from the necessities of life, such as food and shelter, didn't need to invest anything more. The African slaves were also a lot more versatile than the indentured servants.
Food is one of the major necessities for all humans to survive. Agriculture and farming affects us one way or the other regardless of where we live. Different countries have their own mechanism of farming. Most underdeveloped countries do their farming mainly to sustain their
They were able to grow crops such as tobacco, rice, and sugar due their plantations and living quite a distance from other people in the region. The New England settlers were different than the Chesapeake, for they were created in towns, and well organized, while the Chesapeake were spread out through the region due to their plantations, and for the fact that they had fertile soil, while New England had rocky, rough soil. Another factor was that they both believed in different religious beliefs. The New England settlers were made up of puritans, with strong religious
This poor soil attracted very few immigrants. Summers were hot, and winters were bitterly cold. Forests were cleared to grow staple crops such as corn, squash, and barley, however, livestock had to be brought to supplement the New England diet. The fish, fur, shipbuilding and lumber industries thrived in New England colonies. Creative ways to solve problems because of this region’s barren soil keyed the term “Yankee Ingenuity.” The Triangular Trade is an example of this.
It connected neighbors and communities with each other socially. Rural farmers traded labor for commodities and vice versa. Northern farms responded to the new economic reality by specializing in goods and producing items that the market demanded. Rural artisans found it harder to compete with mass produced products and had to change their work habits in order to survive. At the beginning of the century, most items that could be bought were “handmade” by artisans living in the area.
The industrial revolution took place due to an agricultural revolution that occurred because of an increasing population. The introduction of enclosed farming meant that the poorer people lost out and travelled to towns to seek work. The domestic system meant that many people worked from home, spinning and weaving cotton brought in from North America. They were paid a fraction of the cost that it was eventually sold for. Entrepreneurs started to create new inventions that would speed up the process of spinning and weaving meaning more cotton could be produced and exported.
In the South, the majority of families lived the traditional southern lifestyle of subsistence farming and providing for themselves, giving them a weak link to the market (Holmes, Lecture 9)*. To the North, the Market Revolution created a consumer class of factory wage laborers, merchants, and commercialized farmers that relied on the market to obtain the necessities that they didn’t provide for themselves (Holmes, Lecture 9)*. The new innovations brought by the Market Revolution shifted families in portions of the North from self-sufficiency to commercialization, thus, also shifting the importance of the
The Aztec’s used the Chinampa way of farming which made them have highly productive gardens that not only let them farm the land but let them get the water that they used to grow the crop back. They were able to farm a lot of crops like sweet potatoes, maize [corn], tomatoes, avocados, beans, squashes and other plants. While what they call the lowland tropical crops such as papaya, cotton, cocoa were planted and harvested. * The crops that were planted were their main source of food they rarely hunted animals as
For T’ang-Ch’eng this only is the beginning of a series of problems for the land. Agriculture in T’ang-Ch’eng plays a large role in providing jobs and ways for the people to pay taxes. The main products cultivated in North-Eastern China is wheat, soybean, millet and other kinds of fruits and vegetables. Relating to the Judge Dee text, the post contrasts in this way because it describes farmers prospering, and that the land is fertile. In the Spence text you are able to interpret that the land has a more difficult time providing and growing crops.