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AP US History
Unit 2 – Colonial Society, 1607–1754
Topic 2.1
What was the main economic drive of the British colonies in North America?
Fur trading and setting up settlements along rivers
Establishing Catholic missions and forced labor systems
The development of cash crops like tobacco and rice
The extraction of precious metals
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AP US History - 2.1 Context: European Colonization
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