Plantation+Leadership+and+County+Seats

PLANTATION LEADERSHIP AND COUNTY SEATS

//The opportunities the plantation owners had was education,wealth,land,and freedom. The opportunities the plantation owners had is to be a lawyer and leader. The reason they had these oppertunities was because of thier freedom,education,and experince.// //The word public service means is doing a job to help the community. This was one of the duties of the plantation owner because it could mean serving as a judge or a representative in a colonial meeting.// //Many planters became important leaders of the Southern colonies because of the county seat.The county seat is the small part of the village.////They sold crops and bought and sold slaves there. White men who owned land and other property met at the county seat to make laws and to vote for leaders.// []
 * 1.** **Explain the traits and opportunities plantation owners had that helped them become colonial leaders.**
 * 2**. **Discuss in your own words what public service means and how this was one of the duties of the plantation owner**.
 * 3.** **Why did many planters become important leaders in the Southern colonies?**
 * 4.** **As Southern port cities increased, county seats were created. Explain in your own words what a county is and what a county seat is.**//A county is a large part of a colony. A county seat was the main town for a county. Over time, planters and farmers who once used brokers or brought their crops to trade coastal cities began to depend more and more on county seats as places to trade. Most county seats had a general store,a courthouse,and a jail.//
 * 5.** **Why were county seats important to people living on farms and plantations?**//The reason the county seat was important to the people living on farms and plantations is because overtime planters and farmers once used brokers and brought their crops to trade in coastal cities began to depend more and more on county seat the s as places to trade.//
 * 6. Upload a picture of a plantation owner. Put caption**.