But cotton eventually became the dominant crop and the one with which the South was identified. By 1850 the American South grew more than 80 percent of the world's cotton. Slaves were used to cultivate all these crops, though cotton most of all.
The complex is located on the Ila de la Cite, right in the heart of Paris City. La Sainte-Chapelle is known as the only building from Capetian royal palace that survives as well as the highest pinnacle of Rayonnant period achievements.
Ville-Marie is the central city borough (arrondissement) which encompasses Montreal's downtown core, the Quartier international, the Quartier des spectacles which includes the Place des Festivals, the Quartier Latin, the Gay Village, the river islands that make up Jean-Drapeau park, Old Montreal â indeed, much of what visitors and locals alike think ...