So far as the Crown was concerned, the most valuable colonies were

a. subsistence farming colonies like Plymouth.
b. tolerant colonies like Pennsylvania. c.
colonies producing a valuable cash crop such as sugar.
d. colonies with attractive climates like Bermuda. e.
none of these choices.


ANS: C

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