In the Seventeenth Century, the Staple Crop That Was the Basis

question 46

Multiple Choice

In the seventeenth century, the staple crop that was the basis of the economy in Virginia and Maryland was:

• A) rice
• B) tobacco
• C) indigo
• D) cotton
• E) barley

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