European expansion question..kindaa?

Question

rank the following list starting with the one that you think had the most important consequences..then justify your ranking

a) cultivation of tobacco

b) introduction of slavery into the plantation colonies

c) the enclosing of croplands in england

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Answer 1

b (without which the cultivation of tobacco on a large scale would not have been possible)

a (gave the Colonies wealth)

c (motivated immigration to the Colonies)

Answer 2

Okay, I will give you the information you will require, in order to rank these points.

a) the cultivation of tobacco produced a crop that developed into high demand in Europe, as well as among the colonists. It was particularly important in Virginia at the beginning, but not so important in more northern areas, or in the deep south. It did not bring a great rush of settlers, but it did provide a new product and a market for it.

b) The introduction of slavery into the plantation colonies brought about the cheap, reusable labour required to make a profit out of cotton farming. Without this labour, the southern colonies would not have been able to establish themselves with this industry. Cotton is a very labor-intensive crop. Again, it was not so important in other areas of America, or play such a role in the establishment of other european colonies, except in sugar cane plantations in Jamaica and other small areas. We get black and brown rum originally from this industry.

The population effect was in the introduction of African ancestry peoples to the Americas. After they gained their freedom, they became a significant part of the population of present-day America, making up about 12% of the total population.

c) The enclosing of croplands in England threw huge numbers of poor English, as well as Scottish, Welsh and Irish people, into abject poverty. Many were forced to move out of the British Isles, and immigrate to North America, and many other places, either voluntarily, or as prisoners, in the case of Australia. This great push of poor and desperate people made up the vast majority of the future populations of these new colonies. Their inherent anger for British authority would build, and coupled with many other factors, lead eventually to America's Revolutionary War.

So, in closing, if you deal with population distribution of Europeans around the world, then the answer is....

Africans aren't Europeans, but cotton was a bigger crop, so ...

Therefore, the last one would be...