1600- 1800

  • winter of 1609

    winter of 1609

    during this time 80-90% of the settlers died because of starvation and sickness this affected agriculture because it showed how they didn't have any food to grow or animals to eat.
  • first African slaves

    first African slaves

    the first African slaves were brought to Virginia from Angola in West Central Africa;
  • whool act

    whool act

    in 1699 the british king banned wool from being exported form the colony it was made. Its important because farmers just made wool aren't going to making as much money.
  • technology of agriculture

    technology of agriculture

    there was technology added to agriculture which made agriculture was easier. The new things are oxen and horses for power, crude wooden plows, all sowing by hand and etc.
  • agriculture in virginia

    agriculture in virginia

    tobacco was an important money cop oh most every sailor had some on there ship this is showing that farmers were making a lot of money
  • parliamentary acts

    parliamentary acts

    It legalized trades from america to england. This is a big step for agriculture they were making a lot of money because england was able to buy from them.
  • boycotting

    boycotting

    in 1675 boston merchants joined the boycotting of imported goods this shows how it stopped food from comming from different countries.
  • public land act

    public land act

    It made it so the public could buy land for 2 dollars an acre. It's important for agriculture because farmers were able to buy land and farm more.
  • the declaration of independence

    the declaration of independence

    The Declaration of Independence resulted partly from British controls on farm exports, restrictions on land titles, and limitations on western settlement.
  • shays rebellion

    shays rebellion

    farmers didn't like high taxes so they started a rebellion. It effected agriculture because it showed that the high taxes were messing up the farmers.
  • population and productivity

    population and productivity

    in 1970 the population rose to be very high making farmers more and more money and giving them different opportunities to make new tools for agriculture
  • whisky rebellion

    whisky rebellion

    the government made his first tax on domestic product in order to reduce the national debt farmers did not like that because it was taxing the things they used so they made a rebellion