Question

What type of agriculture developed in the Tidewater region? small tobacco farms isolated family farms cotton plantations rice plantations

Answer 1

In the Tidewater region of the United States, particularly in Virginia and parts of Maryland, the type of agriculture that developed primarily included **tobacco plantations**. The region's climate and soil conditions were conducive to growing tobacco, which became a staple cash crop in the area during the colonial period. While there were some small family farms and other crops grown, large tobacco plantations were a significant feature of the agricultural landscape in the Tidewater. Other crops like rice became more prominent in the southern coastal areas, but tobacco was the dominant crop in the Tidewater specifically.