Markets and composite farms in early America

Several studies have explored the evolution of the pattern and the nature of the agricultural and market revolution in the US from the 1700s to the early 1900s. Although most studies have used New England's agricultural evolution as the standard of 18th century farming community, it was also prudent to examine the impact of the emergence of the tobacco trade in Virginia on the growth of the farming and marketing concepts. Moreover, the slave trade was also significantly influenced by the establishment of a single staple crop such as tobacco.