North American crops and products:
A) played only a small role in the British empire.
B) were consumed entirely overseas.
C) were part of a commercial trade network that knitted together a far-flung empire.
D) compared unfavorably with those throughout the rest of the empire.
E) led to numerous complaints to the parliamentary consumer advocate.
Ans: C) were part of a commercial trade network that knitted together a far-flung empire.
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