Multiple choice

When did William Pynchon start exporting pork from North America?

  1. 1492

  2. 1641

  3. 1987

  4. 1776
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Explanation

William Pynchon of Springfield, Massachusetts, became the first commercial meat packer in North America when he began packing and exporting salt pork in 1641. This marked the beginning of the commercial meat packing industry in the American colonies.

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