Answer:
C, they wanted to expand their trading empire
The effect of sharecroppers and debt peonage was that they were unable to pay off debts and fell deeper into debt. The weight of the debt bound the sharecropper to the landowner as completely as they had been bound by slavery.
<span>Ordeal i think is that one of the answers?</span>
<span>1820s to acquire land for agriculture</span>
