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(C) Explain one way cash-crop agriculture shaped the development of colonial society in British North America before 1754.
Eliza Lucas, South Carolina, 1741
In a 1741 letter to her father, Eliza Lucas described experimenting with indigo on a South Carolina plantation. She reported that earlier plantings had failed, hoped the crop would become commercially valuable, and planned to prepare the necessary equipment and obtain better seed from the West Indies for another attempt.
Adapted from Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s correspondence and memoranda on indigo cultivation, 1741.
Answer parts A, B, and C. A thesis statement is not required. Each part should directly address the task and use specific historical evidence when appropriate.
(A) Describe one characteristic of the Atlantic economy reflected in the source.
(B) Explain one development from 1607 to 1754 that contributed to the growth of cash-crop agriculture in the southern British colonies.
(C) Explain one way cash-crop agriculture shaped the development of colonial society in British North America before 1754.
(A) Describe one characteristic of the Atlantic economy reflected in the source.
(B) Explain one development from 1607 to 1754 that contributed to the growth of cash-crop agriculture in the southern British colonies.
(C) Explain one way cash-crop agriculture shaped the development of colonial society in British North America before 1754.
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