What was a major industry in the colonies before the American Revolution? shipbuilding
baking
manufacturing
mining

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explanation:

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

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