During the colonial period, individual producers

(a) were never required to produce specific goods or services.
(b) were, at times, required by colonial officials to produce certain staples if they wanted to produce cash crops. For example, the early governors of Virginia directed tobacco producers to also plant wheat.
(c) produced only what they were directed to produce by colonial officials as part of an overall plan of colonial development.
(d) received orders directly from England to produce what was viewed as most valuable to England.


(b)

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