According to the reading:
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
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1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
They found potato remains that date back to 500 bc in peru and chile
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
They just got their potatoes from Virginia and that’s why they called them that
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
They accused of causing leprosy, syphilis, narcosis, death, sterility, rampant sexuality, and destroying the soil where it grew. They called it weird, poisonous, and evil.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
you get sick
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
Scottish and Irish immigrants planted them in Londonderry, New Hampshire
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He survived for long periods of time on a diet of potatoes when he was being held prisoner by Prussians. He won by writing a study called chemical examination of the potato.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He convinced the king to have soldiers plant a bunch of potatoes on a hundred acres of useless land and guard them heavily. Since they were guarded, people thought them to be valuable. He had the guard go off duty for one night and people stole them and planted them on their farms.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
Luther Burbank developed a hybrid potato that was more disease resistant and he sold the rights to the potato to people in Idaho.
Laura Donders
Keriann Conroy
Latin American History-4
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1. The Incas had prayers for potatoes, and they there has been evidence that they buried their dead with potatoes.
2. no. there is a place in South America called Virginia, and the potatoes are from there.
3. The Spanish fed the potatoes to their crewmen, and in England they studied the potato and realized it was easy to grow. In France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and England (only until 1585) they believed the potato was evil and the cause of many diseases such as leprosy.
4. you become fatally ill.
5. The potato was found in America. 1719- they were planted in New Hampshire by Scottish immigrants.
6. Antoine won the contest with “The Chemical Examination of the Potato” which was a study of the potato. He wanted to find a food capable of reducing the calamities of famine.
7. Parementier persuaded King Louis XVI and then he planted potatoes on 100 acres outside of France and kept them heavily guarded.
8. Idaho
9. Isabella Beeton
10. The Russet Burbank Potato was developed by American horticulturist Luther Burbank.
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists have found potato remains dating back to 500 bc. Incas worshiped them and even buried them with their dead so the potatoes were preserved.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
No, it means that potatoes were first discovered to be able to grow in the state of Virginia.
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
They considered it poisonous and evil, it was said to cause leprosy, syphilis, narcosis, scrofula, early death, sterility, and rampant sexuality as well as destroying the soil it grew in.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
They are poisonous so it makes you deathly ill! Ah!
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
Potatoes had been introduced many times to America and it was a complete failure until 1719 when the irish immigrants brought it over and started growing them. It spread quickly around, completely successful!
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He proved that potatoes had the capability of reducing famine in his study called Chemical Examination of the Potato. He was a prisoner five times by the Prussians and had to survive on a diet of potatoes.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He convinced the king to allow him to plant potatoes outside the area with guards guarding it. This made the potatoes exclusive and had the people thinking it was valuable, so when the guards went off for a night the farmers stole the crops and planted them in their own gardens, thus spreading the growing, cultivating, and eating of the potato.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beetons
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
Burbank made a hybrid of the potato making it more disease resistant, he sold the rights allowing Idaho to grow and sell them, making Idaho potatoes extremely popular.
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1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists found potato remains that dated back to 500 B.C. The Inca actually worshiped the potato.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
No. they were called potatoes of the Virginia because Virginia was the place from which John Gerard got his potatoes, and it was Gerard who was the botanist who gave information about the potato. Potatoes were from South America.
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
“Wherever the potato was introduced, it was considered weird, poisonous, and downright evil.” European countries claimed the potato was responsible for various diseases (Leprosy, syphilis) It was banned in parts of France.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
The consumer becomes deathly ill (The leaves and stem are poisonous)
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
The potato was introduced to America in the 1600’s but were not widely grown until 1719 when they were planted in Londonderry by Scotch-Irish immigrants.
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He did a study about the potato for the contest that asked for a food to reduce famine. His first-hand accounts of being taken prisoner by the Prussians and fed only potatoes for a lengthy time proved invaluable.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He had 100 acres of potatoes growing under guard. This aroused curiosity in the normal farmers. One night he asked the guard to stand down and, predictably, the potatoes were stolen by the neighboring farmers.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose"?
Isabella Beeton
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
When they made the potato more disease-resistant (Burbank potato)
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists found remains in Peru and Chile that date back to the time of the Inca. Some were in containers and set aside for emergency use. They were also buried with the dead.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
No they are from south America.
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
They thought it was poisonous to the soil. They also thought it was evil and weird. They forbid the people to cultivate it.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
You become deathly ill.
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
They were introduced a few random times in the 1600’s but they weren’t wide spread until 1719 in New Hampshire by immigrants who were Scottish and Irish.
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
Potatoes helped reduce famine. He found the potatoes and introduced them in the contest.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He gets 100 acres to plant potatoes outside of Paris. Troops had to guard it so it made the people curious. Parmentier let the guards take a break and farmers came in and got potatoes to plant on their own farms.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton.
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
When the Russet Burbank potato was developed.
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1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists found potatoes with their dead, they were also talked about in an Inca prayer.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
The potatoes were received as a sample from Virginia first. Although, they were not originally from there.
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
It was viewed as an evil plant. It was also believed to cause Leprosy, syphilis, narcosis, scrofula, early death, sterility, and rampant sexuality, and destroying the soil where it was grown.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
They were poisonous and made people deathly ill
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
Introduced by Scotch-Irish Immigrants in Londonderry,New Hampshire
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He found a food reducing the calamities of famine with the study of the potato called the chemical examination of the potato
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
The King of France allowed him to plant 100 Acres of potates and had soldiers guarding it. He let the guards go one night and as expected people came and stole the crop to plant their own
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?s
He developed a Hybrid that was more disease resistant
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Zach Bennett
1. they found potato remains that date back to 500 B.C.
2. no, they were actually from south america.
3. they thought it was poisonous and weird and downright evil. they accused the potato of leprosy and syphillis.
4. the stems and leaves are poisonous and made everybody deathly ill.
5. they were planted in londonderry, new hampshire by scottish immigrants.
6. through his study of the Chemical Examination of the Potato, he found that the potato was capable to prevent famine.
7. he kept guards by the potato fields and then the people got curious and they went into the field and smuggled them.
8. Idaho!
9. Isabella Beeton.
10. When the Russet Potato was developed by horticulturist Luther Burbank. He develeoped this hybrid that was more disease resistant.
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists found potato remains dated back to 500 BC, the time around the the Incan civilzation
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
The potatoes were from America from the Virginia
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
They thought it was weird, poisonous, & evil.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
They’re poisonous and can make you deathly ill.
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
They were plant in Londonderry, New Hampshire by Scotch-Irish immigrants, which spread throughout the nation.
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He found the potato which was “capable of reducing the calamities of famine.”
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He persuaded the King of France to encourage the cultivation of potatoes by letting him plant 100 crops outside Paris of potatoes w/ troops guarding the crops. He then let the guards off duty one night and a bunch of farmers snuck in and stole the potatoes to plant in their own crops, like they had planned. The potato spread throughout the country.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton un her 1862 book, Book of Household Management
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really take off?
The 1st potatoes were planted by Henry Harmon Spalding, who was a Presbyterian missionary. He created a mission to convert Nez Pierce Indians and he used the potato to demonstrate that they could provide food for themselves thanks to agriculture instead of hunting/gathering.
Yasmen Wells
Aaron Geeting & Thomas Terrell
1. Archaeologists found potato remains in Peru & Chile dating back to 500 B.C.
2. No, they're not. They referred to the Americas as Virginia.
3. They were considered weird, poisonous, evil, and the cause of many diseases.
4. You become sick or die.
5. Scottish and Irish immigranats planted in 1719 in Londenberry, New Haampshire and spread across the country.
6. Food was scarce during the war, so he encouraged the king to cultivate potatos for food.
7. The king let him plant potatos near Paris. It ws guarded, when the guards were off duty,people stole potatos and planted them in their own fields.
8. Idaho
9. Isabella Beeton
10. The Russet Burbank potato was cultivated by Luther Burbank in 1872.
According to the reading:
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
Archaeologists have found potato remains dating back to the time of the Inca in the area that the Inca occupied.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
The potatoes were not actually from the state of Virginia. They were from South America.
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details.
They thought potatoes were weird, and poisonous. The blamed them as the cause of leprosy, early death, syphilis and other sicknesses.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
You may become sick, parts of them are poisonous.
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
They were introduced several times, widely grown first in New Hampshire then later in Idaho by Henry Harmon Spalding.
6. How did Antoine-Augustinn Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
He won because he was able to find a food “capable of reducing the calamities of famine”, the potato. He survived on a diet of potatoes for five years while in prison.
7. What technique Parmentier used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
He had a field of potatoes heavily guarded, the public gained curiosity and then stole the potatoes to plant and grow in their own gardens.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton in her book, Book of Household Management
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
The potato industry took of with the invention of the Russet Burbank potato by Luther Burbank. This hybrid was more disease resistant.
Britany Benson and Elliot Zinderman
1. How do we know the Incas grew and ate potatoes?
They know that the Incas ate and grew potatoes because they found ancient ruins that dated back to 500 B.C. they also know that the Incas bury potatoes with their dead.
2. When English botanists called potatoes of the Virginia, do they mean they are from the state of Virginia? Explain
the reason that it is called the potatoes of Virginia because the people found the potatoes in south America and tried to grow them in north America, back then they called America Virginia. And since it grew so well in America English Botanists called it the “ Potato of Virginia”
3. When the potato was first introduced to Europe, what was the people's reaction? Explain in details. The reaction was considered weird poisonous and down right evil and the belief was that it destroyed the soil.
4. What happens if you eat the stems and leaves of the potato plant?
you get really sick because they are poisonous.
5. How was the potato introduced to America?
they were planted in Londonderry by Scottish-Irish immigrants and after they grew them they spread across America.
6. How did Antoine-Augustin Parmentier win the Academy of Besancon's contest? Explain his reasoning behind his find.
he found a food capable that was able to reduce famine.
7. What technique Parmenter used to encourage the cultivation of potatoes in France?
he had potatoes planted in some large fields and then had them guarded by soldiers. Since it was guarded then the peasants thought they were very important so they decided to steal them and plant them in their fields.
8. What state in the U.S. is more associated with the potato?
Idaho
9. Who wrote "It is generally supposed that the water in which potatoes are boiled is injurious; and as instances are recorded where cattle having drunk it were seriously affected, it may be well to err on the safe side, and avoid its use for any alimentary purpose".
Isabella Beeton
10. How did the Idaho potato industry really took off?
Luther Burbank made a potato that was more disease resistant and so he introduced the potato to Ireland to help the epidemic
- Sammy Mohney, Bianca Daniels, Tatiana Padron
1. The archaeologists have found potato remains that date back to 500 B.C.
2. John Gerard got the roots he used to grow potatoes from Virginia, but that’s not where the potato originally came from. They originally come from South America.
3. When the potato was first introduced in Europe, they thought the potato was evil and caused bad things like diseases, destruction of the soil, and early death.
4. If you eat the stems of the potato plant it makes you very sick and possibly die.
5. Scotch-Irish immigrants began to plant potatoes in New Hampshire and it spread from there.
6. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier won the contest by finding a food “capable of reducing the calamities of famine,” the potato. He proved this because he had been taken prisoner 5 times and was able to survive on a diet of just potatoes. He also made dinners in which all the courses were made with potatoes.
7. Parmentier convinced the king to let him plant potatoes in a field guarded by troops. This made the people think that he was growing something very valuable. So, when one night the field was left unguarded, the people came and stole some potato plants and planted them in their own gardens. This was exactly what he wanted to happen.
8. Idaho
9. Isabella Beeton
10. Burbank created a hybrids potato that was more disease resistant and then he sold the rights.
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