ORANGES AND WHEAT: SPANISH ATTEMPTS AT AGRICULTURE IN LA FLORIDA. |
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Ruhl, Donna L.
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1/1/97
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Journal
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Historical Archaeology
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31(1)p.36-45
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African American
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Agriculture in 17th-century Spanish Florida helped the colony toward economic self-reliance. Archaeobotanical evidence and historical records depict changing agrarian practices andthe commercial use of plants, particularly oranges and wheat. These changes were initiated in part by Spain s increasing reliance on its American colonies for profitable cash cropsas its own agricultural industry declined. As agricultural innovation in the colonies increased, oranges and wheat became important not just as items for sale in local markets, but as exports,along with such products as olive oil and wine, to British colonies. Agricultural change influenced the economic development and independence of Spanish Florida and contributed to the colony scultural growth during the latter half of the 17th century and into the 18th century.
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