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The National Colonial Farm located next to the Potomac River in Accokeek Maryland is a working farm representative of a Maryland middle-class farm during the pre American Revolution period. Name of the artist: Piotr Pawlowski Name of the track: Requiem Anternam Direct URL to the track: http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/719309

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For the New England colonies they had to dig in the soil to get the rocks out of the soil before planting. The soil was rocky and the winters were long and harsh

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A new “sugar triangle” developed in the 1820s and 1830s were by American ships took local produce to Cuba, and then iron bars and hemp to England.

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Tools for the farmer were axes, plow points, hoes, shovels, etc. Tools for women included cooking, sewing, and household tools

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Before the war people choose to be farmers because although they were working everyday to earn money and food they were able to make a profit off the millions of tobacco and cotton ect. They were able to get little more than enough food for winter and make enough money for clothes and repairs and seeds.

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To help farmers attempted to raise farm prices to a level equitable to the years 1909-14.

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The Great Depression for the American farmer really began after World War I.

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In addition, there was a short growing season, meant that farmers usually only grew enough crops to feed their own family

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During the Ice Age, large glaciers scraped away all the fertile soil, and moved it south to the Middle Colonies. This left a rocky landscape that made farming difficult. In addition, there was a short growing season

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Fertile soil good for growing for most of the year.

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The Middle colonies was also known as the “breadbasket”. They were called this because they grow wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn.

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There were 5 different types of farming

1. Slave Plantation Farming

2. Tobacco Plantation Farming

3. Trade and Economic activity in the Plantation Farming

4. Cotton Plantation Farming

5. Sugar Plantation Farming

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The south was the best place to grow crops because of the hot humid summers and mild winters, perfect for a year round growing season.

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One of the Southern's most popular crop to grow was tobacco, along with rice and indigo.