Question

Tobacco plantations in the chesapeake region:

a. were far less successful than tobacco plantations that developed in the lower southern colonies.
b. were so profitable that by the mid-eighteenth century their owners became the wealthiest people in british north america.
c. helped make the chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism.
d. did not have any slaves on small farms.
e. were known throughout the world as models of how slaves should be treated.

Answer 1

C. Helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism.During 1700s tobacco was a major cash crop in Chesapeake colonies. most of the tobacco was cultivated by slaves who planted and parked it for it to be sold in  Europeans and Africans.many plantation owners were able to increase their fortunes by selling tobacco during 1619 and 1775