WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All of these products were manufactured from pine trees, which North Carolina had in abundance. For that reason and others, North Carolina became a key supplier to the British Navy, and naval stores became central to the colony’s economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -North Carolina seized the opportunity presented by naval stores production; it had the trees, the navigable coastal rivers, and no staple crops-such as Virginia tobacco or South Carolina rice-to crowd out naval stores production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Naval stores are products used in the construction and maintenance of wooden ships, such as timber, tar, pitch, and resin. These materials are derived from conifers (evergreens) which early American settlers found to be plentiful in the colonies. Pine timbers were also used for masts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Naval stores – pitch, tar, turpentine, and rosin – were used to caulk seams, preserve ropes, and maintain the seaworthiness of wooden ships. Naval stores also found many other uses prior to the modern petrochemical era.

Detailed explanation-5: -They became the country’s first major export products. The longleaf pine forests of the Southeast quickly became the primary resource for producing naval stores because of the species’ highly resinous nature. North Carolina became the leading producer. The earliest production method was by pine tar kilns.