When the colony of Georgia was founded, all colonists were required to put aside land for growing mulberry trees in the hopes of starting silk production. The German Salzburgers later established profitable production.
Why was silk production eventually ended and cotton production started instead?
A
Georgia’s climate was better suited to cotton clothes than to silk clothes.
B
Georgia’s climate was not good for silkworms but was good for growing cotton.
C
Georgia colonists were not trained in silk production and accidentally killed the silkworms.
D
Georgia colonists convinced the trustees in London that cotton could be more profitable than silk.
