Although Caribbean colonies such as Guadeloupe and Barbados were small, they were valued by their mother countries because they
A) produced sugar.
B) had strategic value in Europe's war.
C) were an outlet for excess European population.
D) produced foodstuffs.
E) traded profitably with other colonies.
Answer: A
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