This answer would most likely be D) Indigo plantations. In the Middle Colonies, there was a lot of flat plain, good for farmland. They produced dyes there. shipbuilding was mainly prevalent in the New England states. For sugar, I believe the south grew that in the form of sugarcane.
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try a or b I don't know if I'm right
D. He founded the House of Wisdom to encourage Arabic translation.