FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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rice
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tobacco
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corn
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potatoes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco was Virginia’s first cash crop. A cash crop is any crop for raised for its profits rather than its use. It was a labor intensive crop, requiring cheap labor and cheap land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Virginia operated under “cash-crop” agriculture (tobacco is grown for sale, not for use on the farm) since 1613. Tobacco provided more income than any other farm crop until the 21st Century. Tobacco plantations shaped the settlement of the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Rolfe (1585-1622) was an early settler of North America known for being the first person to cultivate tobacco in Virginia and for marrying Pocahontas.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the experiments of John Rolfe, the colony finally discovered a staple product–tobacco. The colonists wanted to plant tobacco because it was a cash crop, even though the King opposed the use of the weed.