347: The American Revolution (Part 1)
The Rest Is History
The significance of the colonies in the 18th century
When people referred to the colonies, they were primarily talking about the lucrative islands of the Caribbean like Barbados and Jamaica./nThere were 26 British colonies in the New World in the 18th century, with only half rebelling in the American Revolution./nThe American War of Independence was not a complete disaster for the British as they managed to avoid losing the Sugar Islands./nMainland North America's largest crop was tobacco, while the West Indies' sugar cane and other products fetched a much higher annual average.
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