How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?
A) They transported their products in British ships rather than French ones.
B) They raised a variety of crops to achieve self-sufficiency but did not worry about producing a cash crop.
C) They adopted the wage-labor system rather than use slaves.
D) They refined their own sugar rather than sending it directly to France.
E) They sold the rice they produced directly to the British North American colonies.
D
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