SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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tobacco
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cotton
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rice
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sugar cane
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Detailed explanation-1: -Governmental regulations were put in place on growing tobacco which helped stabilize things in Jamestown. In 1615-1616 2, 300 pounds of Virginia-grown tobacco was sent to England. In 1617 the amount exported grew to 20, 000 pounds, and by 1630 England was receiving 500, 000 pounds of the crop annually.
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: -Colonists only grew corn and wheat for use by their families. Other crops were grown, but mostly for individual consumption.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Smith saved the colony from starvation. He told colonists that they must work in order to eat. John Rolfe had the colony plant and harvest tobacco, which became a cash crop and was sold to Europe.