Plantation Complexes

As the populations slowly migrated westward so too did the plantation complexes of Europe. However with new environments comes new policy and European settlers in the Americas soon remodelled the agricultural institutions they had brought from home. Plantation complexes in the New World tropics were developed that had a unique economic and political order that centred on slave work. There were many other distinguished differences on the tropical American plantation complexes that set them apart …

…from its base. Another major difference was that these plantations made a highly specialized product that was shipped to far off markets. The plantations, known for their production of mainly sugar, coffee and cotton, were fiercely export minded. Anything produced was usually shipped of to Europe entirely. Only the necessities such as food were brought into these complexes from overseas. The complexes had the largest dependence on long-distance trade then any others in different societies.