How did physical
geography influence the types of goods available for trade

The physical geography dictates what can and can't be produced in a given area. This means that the people living there will produce certain goods, and need to trade for some other goods that they can not produce themselves in sufficient amounts or at all.

If we have people that live in the mountains they will not be able to trade with wheat but will be able to trade with fur.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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