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How diversity post-colonisation elicited a change in land use between Northern and Southern USA, with a particular focus on Massachusetts and Virginia Faiz
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ackground1 17th century England was a tumultuous time period and showed a clear divide between the rich and poor. As wool brought in better prices than crop farming, farmers who then switched their production away from crops would soon run out of food, and the strong belief
in mercantilism (the idea that hoarding all gold and silver in the motherland would bring prosperity) also required new colonies to feast on. This meant that there were two different types of Anglo settlers in America, in 1606; those who needed new virgin land to start new lives; and those who needed
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new land to generate more gold for their patrons. The slave trade was also well under way (since around 15622) and would be critical in shaping the agricultural climate of Southern USA in the years which followed.
