Assertion: syrup's sugar | /r/CapableOf | serve as integral unit of trade
Facets:
value: for the early colonies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: throughout the 1700s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Throughout the 1700s, both maple syrup and maple sugar served as an integral unit of trade for the early colonies, but they would soon be supplanted by another sweet crop from warmer climates, namely sugar cane.