SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Jamestown became part of colony. Biggest and richest of the Southern colonies. Tobacco grown on plantations became one of most valuable crops.
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Virginia
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Maryland
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Ohio
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Maine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco was colonial Virginia’s most successful cash crop.
Detailed explanation-2: -It didn’t take the colonists long to realize that economic specialization would be the way to go, and tobacco became the cash crop for the colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. 1585-1622 CE).
Detailed explanation-4: -Colonists only grew corn and wheat for use by their families. Other crops were grown, but mostly for individual consumption. As Virginia’s Piedmont became more populated during the 19th century, the area became a major tobacco producer.
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