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== == Colonial time Connecticut was very poor to begin with, but soon the tobacco help the colony expand and become prosperous. The trades were farming, metal work, and merchant goods. The colony was dependent on trade.
== == Colonial time Connecticut was very poor to begin with, but soon the tobacco help the colony expand and become prosperous. The trades were farming, metal work, and merchant goods. The colony was dependent on trade.
Mainly-slaves,crops,and livestocks
A colonial merchant is a merchant that sold items like spices, food, sugar, and other goods.
Internally with the Native Americans and externally with passing merchant ships.
merchant, trader, storekeeper, retailer, shopkeeper, dealer
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader., A trading vessel; a merchantman., One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper., Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service., To be a merchant; to trade.
they traded metal goods such as kettles, guns, knives, pots, etc...
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader., A trading vessel; a merchantman., One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper., Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service., To be a merchant; to trade.
they traded metal goods such as kettles, guns, knives, pots, etc...
The Americans had almost 1,000 merchant ships trading around the world. They traded agricultural goods, possibly tea, silk, and also furs.
There is an old French word from the 13th century, probably borrowed from Latin 'mercatare' from 'mercari' meaning to trade and 'merx' meaning goods