Plants+and+Animals

=__**Plants and Animals**__ = = = Due to the size of the British Empire, it is logical to establish the fact that the use of their environment (plants and animals) differed from every colony.  **The Southern States in North America:**   **Baltimore and Philadelphia:**  **Massachusetts and New York:**  **New England & Newfoundland**:  **Maritimes:**   <span style="color: rgb(245, 66, 66);">**Caribbean:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(245, 66, 66);"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 66, 66);">**Africa:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);"> <span style="color: rgb(245, 66, 66);">**Animals**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">failed as a trading area because the Natives did not have any valuable crops to trade with, so colonists turned to farming
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">tobacco was one of the first crops grown, and became prosperous by exporting it to England
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">after Virginia became a royal colony, the area produced a vast amount of cotton, tobacco and some rice, wheat, barley<span style="color: rgb(245, 66, 66);">[[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9ZzZquaXrR8/SI38_EvwN-I/AAAAAAAABYA/AwihqYaEGzg/s640/Lange-Shoofly.jpg width="241" height="253" align="right" caption="Tobacco Farming - Slaves were imported from Africa to work in these farms" link="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9ZzZquaXrR8/SI38_EvwN-I/AAAAAAAABYA/AwihqYaEGzg/s640/Lange-Shoofly.jpg"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">land was fertile, almost perfect for growing crops
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">imports of slaves
 * Central Canada:**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">mostly trading with Aboriginals
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">fur trading was very popular (Hudson's Bay Company) - mainly focused on beavers
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">cold weather discouraged major farming developments
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">merchants shipped wheat and corn to England
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">farming of corn started began
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">imported molasses from sugar-nations (Caribbean) and exported it to Europe as rum
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">ship-building was the major industry (in the later years steamships replaced sailing ships due to inexpensive steel)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">many coastal towns started fishing after colonization, and it became their primary industry
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">Cod was very popular in Newfoundland
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">fishing was very popular
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">rich soil, so farming was encouraged
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">Annapolis Valley was large farming area (consisted mainly of fruits - apples being the most popular plant)
 * India (and surrounding areas) :**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">farming was the main industry for most of the rise
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">exports included cotton, grains, and other raw materials
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">the rapid development of railways, and massive ports (e.g. Bombay) made it easier to export to faraway markets
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">famines were very common before major farming developments, thus it penetrated the economy
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">opium production and exports grew<span style="color: rgb(245, 66, 66);">[[image:http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/destinationguide/caribbean_atlantic/barbados/st.andrewparish/barbados_006p.jpg width="351" height="278" align="right" caption="Sugar Mill in the Caribbean - The sugarcane was one of Britain's greatest success" link="http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/destinationguide/caribbean_atlantic/barbados/st.andrewparish/barbados_006p.jpg"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">mainly focused on sugar (British originally brought the sugarcane from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic islands near Africa)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">large exports of raw materials
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">successor of many imported crops (e.g. sugarcane, bananas, mango, breadfruit, and coffee)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">imports of slaves
 * England:**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">cotton slowly started to replace wool
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">invention of the steam engine led to growth in the iron and coal industry
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">slave trade was a major industry (mainly sent to the southern American colonies and the Caribbean to work in plantations)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">mining for precious metal (e.g. gold)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">farming of cash crops
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">throughout the British empire, grazing animals (e.g. pigs, chickens, cows) were very popular in farms
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">Sugarcane --> Rats --> Mongoose
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(28, 146, 28);">sheep were popular in England due to their wool


 * References**
 * 1 -** "British Empire [III. The Second British Empire]." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

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