3. What is molasses? What did colonists use molasses for?

Molasses- thick, dark brown syrup obtained from raw sugar during the refining process, a version of which is used in baking.

it was used to manufacture rum which was then exported to the rest of the colonies; it was a highly profitable and thriving business.

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a. poison gas was sprayed over battlefields by airplanes to weaken enemy positions before major attacks.