How does lumber effect the colonys?

Answer 1

{| |- | Lumber was a key resource of the Colonies. Huge forests covered the New World. Much of the forests in England had been stripped to build ships, houses, cities and provide wood and charcoal for manufacturing. Naval stores, timber for ships, pitch and tar, were some of the first exports of the colonies. Glassmaking was one of the earliest industries, because there was ample wood to create the charcoal necessary to make glass. |}