SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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cash crops
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staples
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a grocery list
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merchandise
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cotton, sugarcane, groundnut and tobacco are called commercial crops because they are mainly grown for sale.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sugarcane, cotton, jute, oilseeds, and tobacco are common profitable cash crops cultivated.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tobacco is a huge cash crop in the Southern and Middle colonies. Due to the demand and supply of to-bacco prices have gone higher and lower. Tobacco is grown in the Middle and Southern colonies be-cause it is hot and there are many plantations in the Middle and Southern colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton is one of the most important cash crops in India and it plays a crucial role in the industrial and agricultural economy. Direct cotton in India provides direct livelihood to 6 million farmers and indirectly employs about 40-50 million people in its allied processes such as trade and processing.
Detailed explanation-5: -In case of crops such as Cotton, indigo, oil seeds, sugar cane etc., state demand was invariably in cash. Hence, they were called cash crops. Cash crops are agricultural crops cultivated to be sold in order to make profit.