Again, go to the site for more information.
7. New Hampshire offered parcels of land in exchange for one ear of corn each year. (Sounds like a deal to me.)
8. Georgia was founded as a new haven for debtors and impoverished people.
9. New York became the first target of British trade restrictions -- for exporting fur hats.
10. South Carolina benefited from the demand for blue dye.
11. North Carolina was sold back to the British Crown.
12. Rhode Island played a big role in the slave trade. (By 1775, slaves made up 11.5% of its population.)
13. Delaware really wasn't formed until 1776.
--CootCol
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