plantations were huge back in the day
Yes they were, and they are used to sell cash crops
yea they had like cotton and tabacco plantations
Cotton and tea are commonly grown crops
oh yea? I think they arent as a big a thing as back then
Plantation
A plantation is the large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops. The crops that are grown include cotton, 
coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits. Protectionist policies and natural comparative advantage have sometimes contributed to determining where plantations were located.
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in
colonists who saw great opportunity in the new country. Tobacco and cotton were the main cash crops of the areas and were readily accepted by English buyers. Rice and indigo were also grown in the area and exported to Europe. The plantation owners built a vast aristocratic life and accumulated a great deal of wealth from their land. They supported slavery as a means of working their land.
On the other side of the agricultural coin were the small yeoman farmers. They did not have the capability or wealth to operate large plantations