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How did Europeans get the workers the needed to make their colonies profitable?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoEuropean colonies used slaves to work the plantations. They planted money crops, such as sugar cane or tobacco. In turn, these products could be sold for to the mother countries, and thus to the desirous buyers.
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Plantation-system-of-the-south?
How many slaves were usually needed on a sugar plantation
What was the most likely situation of a southern plantation owner after war?
less money need more workers
What workers did the union pacific and central pacific railroad companies pick?
All workers were needed
Were slaves needed in the America's?
yes, slaves were needed in the America's because the Europeans did not want to do all the work to establish these new colonies in this new area the had found so they sent ships to Africa to gather African criminals , poor , and prisoners from war so the could take back and make them do all the work.
The southern colonies were a source for timber that was needed for shipbuilding?
True
How did the europeans get the workers they needed to make their colonies profitable?
European governments and proprietors of colonies brought indentured servants from Europe. They also brought captives from African and kept them in slavery.
Why did Europeans take Africans to the colonies of the new world?
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
why did landowners in the Chesapeake colonies begin chattel slavery?
They needed more workers for their plantations.
Why might the English government have agreed to send debtors to the new world?
The colonies needed workers.
Why did the landowners in the Chesapeake colonies begin using chattel slavery?
They needed more workers for their plantations.
Why did the US follow a policy of unrestricted immigration for Europeans during most of the 1800?
needed many unskill workers
One reason that Europeans enslaved Africans was that?
Europeans had started huge sugar and tobacco plantations in the Americas. They needed large numbers of workers for these plantations, and slavery was one way to get them
Why did europeans begin to import slaves from Africa?
They needed workers and indentured servants didn’t work out. Anyone who was African was a slave so it was very easy to know where they were.
Why were there less slaves in the southern colonies than in the northern colonies?
There was not less slaves in the southern colonies than the northern colonies. The northern colonies were based more on indursty, where they mostly did their work by themselves. The south was based off of economy and plantations, so they needed a lot of workers. (slaves.)
How did the industrial revolution motivate Europeans to claim colonies around the world?
How did the Industrial Revolution motivate Europeans to claim colonies around the world? A. Europeans hoped to recruit scientists from around the world to help develop new technology. B. Europeans wanted to spread industrial technology to poor countries around the world. C. Europeans hoped to find Natural Resources to produce goods in factories. D. Europeans needed places to use the new technologies they had developed.
Why was tobacco profitable?
Tobacco is a very profitable plant and product. It is profitable because it is widely needed and used. It is used in home remedies, and in smoking supplies.
Why did the southern colonies use the most slave labor?
The southern colonies were the only colonies that slave labor was actually profitable because they had a large amount of crops. The wealthy landownsers, who could buy several slaves, could house the slaves in their large plantation homes.
