Question

In the European colonies in North America, as in other colonies, what was a large farm where crops were raised for export to Europe?

Answer 1

Plantations
The flat land was good for farming and so the landowners built very large farms called plantations. The crops that were grown were called cash crops because they were harvested for the specific purpose of selling to others.

Answer 2

Plantations.

Explanation:

In European colonies in North America, as in other colonists, plantations were large farms where crops were raised for export to Europe.

Plantations were very large farms that required a lot of flat land in order to expand and flourish. They would grow cash crops, which were crops that sold for a lot of money overseas, mostly to Europe. Some examples of cash crops were rice, indigo, tobacco, and later, cotton. Many people relied on plantations and the growing of cash crops in order to thrive and care for their families.

The Southern colonies were mostly the ones who had plantations, due to its warm climate, fertile soil, and flat land. The North was cold and rainy, did not have much fertile soil, and had rocky terrain, which made agriculture hard to do. This caused the North to become more industrialized, many people turned to fishing, woodcutting, or the shipbuilding business.