Throughout American history, the development of plantations (farms) in the American colonies arrived as immigrants arrived in small farms. The American people settled on the land west of the Mississippi for many diverse reasons. As the years went, by the profit and demand for crops such as tobacco grew larger. At that time, large plantation could had over 400 acres of fields growing anything from tobacco to maize and sugarcane(in the south), as the myths …showed first 75 words of 328 total…

…showed last 75 words of 328 total…bundles of grain, enabling two men and a team of horses to harvest 20 acres of wheat a day. I really think that the farms in the American west had the most impact than the ranchers. Although the ranchers did a lot to control the land and to make sure that people were somewhat created equal, food was in demand, which the farmers possessed. In my opinion, the farmers played the greatest role in the West.