What was the significance of sugar, rice, coffee, and tobacco in the eighteenth century?
A) The ease of growing these crops meant that fewer slaves needed to be imported from Africa.
B) These products were the first mass consumer goods in international trade, and they were all produced by slaves.
C) They were imported to the New World in massive quantities due to the region's failure to produce such goods.
D) They were staples whose importance paled in comparison to fish, rum, and indigo in the world market.
E) They could only be grown in the West Indies, allowing the traders in that area to become massively wealthy.
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