How did Atlantic commerce, particularly colonial consumption, affect the middle colonies?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
Colonial products spurred the development of mass markets throughout the Atlantic world. Increases in tobacco and sugar brought the price of these luxuries within the reach of most whites. Export-oriented industries in Britain were growing ten times faster than firms attuned to the home market. This was good for the middle colonies, since their market is heavily based on exports and trading.
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