What became known as the gold of the north

explanation:

north america's importance as a region began to grow exponentially when the region became using tobacco as an important export. this product was termed to be the gold of north america and permitted the region to gain popularity, monopoly and lots of foreign exchange from such trading activities.

workers of lowell mills were greatly benefited for the waltham type of work which was more a paternalist kind, trying to protect the integrity of this little girls coming from small farmers and providing an adequate place of work, this in an effort to avoid the issues of bad place conditions and immorality that the people in bigger industrialized cities of great britain were experimenting.