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NClaborn

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Colonial production of tobacco satisfied England's mercantilist interests because:
 a. it provided a substitute for imported Spanish tobacco.
  b. its poor quality discouraged English youth from smoking.
  c. it provided a good that could be taxed by the English.
  d. it ensured that the colonists would remain dependent on England for food.

Question 2

Agricultural staples of the colonial South included:
 a. rice.
  b. tobacco.
  c. indigo.
  d. All of the above.



snackralk

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Answer to Question 1

a. it provided a substitute for imported Spanish tobacco.

Answer to Question 2

d. All of the above.



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