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Indigo dye is an organic compound with a distinctive blue color extracted from plants, and this process was important economically because blue dyes were once rare.
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∙ 14y agofor dying those textiles they produced! It's a natural blue dye derived from a plant!
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∙ 14y agoThe middle colonies originally used indigo as a cash crop.
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∙ 14y agoa dye it was discovered by eliza lucas
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∙ 11y agoIt was used for a blue color dye.
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What plant did they use to dye stuff blue in colonial days?
the blue dye exported by southern colonies was called ?
What kind of soil did Delaware have while it was one of the thirteen colonies?
One way it is good use for is that it can help people to plant and grow crops
Is I in the phonetic alphabet India or Indigo?
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is India, however UK Police do use Indigo.
What did the thirteen colonies use for money?
Well during the Revolutionary War, the 13 colonies asked other countries (like France) for huge bank loans and used continentals but lost value over time so profiteers took advantage of this and raised prices.
What was the Maryland cash crops?
Tobacco was a cash crop in fact the cash crop in Colonial America and is still a major economic factor in US Agriculture. Chemical based dyes have replaced the need for indigo. Rice is a major farm crop both for domestic use and export. The fourth leg of the chair in Colonial land use was the fiber used to make the sailing ships operate. Miles of rope were needed to put a sailing ship into top trim and the salt water seas quickly degraded its quality before modern chemistry provided the quality preservatives needed to extend its livelihood. The product was Hemp and the leaves and buds that were once burned as trash are now a part of the economy and a cash crop of the underground. Modern chemistry learned that this industrial waste if smoked could become a product. Weed, Mary Jane, Tijuana Tea, Acapulco Gold has been improved by Botanists, Agronomists, Horticulturalists, backyard flower growers and basement hydroponics into a new industry. It has met favor with herbal medicine practitioners and Voodoo doctors. Marijuana remains a staple crop that was grown in the colonies and is still grown today as a Cash Crop.
What crop grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer's own use is known as a?
indigo
How do you use knew in a sentence?
He knew the names of the thirteen original American colonies.
What did the thirteen colonies use to trade with the west indies for enslaved Africans?
Whiskey
Why did they use stars and stripes for our flag?
the strips represent the original thirteen colonies and the stars the 50 states
What plant did they use to dye stuff blue in colonial days?
the blue dye exported by southern colonies was called ?
What was the use of turpentine in the thirteen English colonies?
it was used for paint related purposes and mixed with alchool for ilumination purposes.
Who was the first planter to raise a successful crop of indigo?
The use of indigo, which is a dye that can come from at least 5 different plants, was first used in the 7th century, BC. The plants from which indigo dye came were most likely weeds. No one knows who may have started raising plants containing indigo, as it was so long ago. Today, man-made indigo dye (not from plants) is the color used in blue jeans.
How do you use settler in a sentence?
The settler built a small cabin in the wilderness.
What kind of soil did Delaware have while it was one of the thirteen colonies?
One way it is good use for is that it can help people to plant and grow crops
In Pokemon indigo what TM can burmy use?
There is no Pokemon indigo
What were the main cash crops in the southern colonies How did they contribute to the use of slavery?
Rice was the main cash crop in the southern colonies. This contributed to slaves because it took many slaves to work a rice plantation. :)
How can you use Slateport in Pokemon indigo?
Don't you know that Indigo is not existing?
