According to a British army doctor, a cotton plantation should have one slave per two acres, coffee should have two slaves per three acres, and sugar plantations (the worst of the worst) should have one slave per acre
Answer:
Electoral College
Explanation:
Who: delegates at the Constitutional Convention
What: A system of voting for president where the populace votes for electors who cast their votes for candidates for president (usually following their party's views or the popular vote). The number of votes per state = number of senators + number of representatives in the House of Representatives.
When: created 1787
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Why: Because, in the founders' eyes, the average the average citizen wasn't smart or well versed enough in politics to actually choose their own president.
Significance: This is the system that is still used today to pick the president.
A period in art history that lasted from the early 16th century to the early 28th century, starting in Rome,Italy. It is an era of great exuberance, and generally many items were created without the purpose of functionality in mind, for example - high ceilings in the Versailles were considered beautiful, but from a practical side were very hard to keep warm during the winter. This is the time when much more attention was given to the aesthetic instead of the functional component of art. Today it is analogue to 'kitsch', loosely translating to something that is over the top.
Answer:
While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for the planters that it greatly increased their demand for both land and slave labor.
