what did the settlers do for cultivating wheat on a very large scale
Peasants And Farmers (Class 9)
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When the commons were being enclosed in England at the end of the eighteenth century, settled agriculture had not developed on any extensive scale in the USA. Over 800 million acres were covered with forests and 600 million acres were covered with grasslands.
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Till the 1780s, white American settlements were confined to a small narrow strip along the eastern coast. Most of the USA was inhabited by the Native Americans. Most of them were nomadic, while some of them were settled. Hunting, gathering and fishing was the source of livelihood for most of them. Some of them cultivated corn, beans, tobacco and pumpkin.
After the late eighteenth century, white Americans began to move westward. The displaced local tribes and changed the entire landscape into agricultural belts. Finally, they established control up to the west coast. By the early twentieth century, the landscape of the USA had transformed radically. The USA began to dominate the world market in agricultural produce.