Tidewater

• Tidewater’s Geography (pt1):

  
  

  Rich soil, More profit can be made with the same amount of land. Rise of the plantation system in the southern regions of the country.
• Tidewater's Geography (pt2)

  
  

  Access to bay water & inland rivers lets farmers transport materials to international markets & provides more accessible land throughout the

  region/state.
• Tidewater’s Political-Economy:

  
  

  •First English colony in America, founded as a “corporate colony”.

  •Economics: Agricultural production (tobacco)

  •Politics: Centered on rights of property owners (elite/planter class)

  •Labor: Mixture of free, indentured servants*, & slaves.