A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar,

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A map showing the flow of goods to and from the Thirteen British Colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Britain exported manufactured goods, textiles, furniture, and luxuries to the Colonies; from the Colonies and the West Indies, they imported sugar, molases, fruit, lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The Colonies exported rum, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and tools to Africa. Slaves, gold and pepper were transported from Africa, while intercolonial trade (to and from the West Indies and the Colonies) included slaves, molasses, sugar, flour, fish, and meat.

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