USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco became Virginia’s first profitable export, and a period of peace followed the marriage of colonist John Rolfe to Pocahontas, the daughter of an Algonquian chief.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rolfe brought tobacco seeds to Jamestown from the Caribbean island of Trinidad. In 1612, he harvested his first tobacco crop, which was well-received in England, and which, became the colony’s cash crop!

Detailed explanation-3: -Article. 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: -Jamestown continued to go through its ups and downs through the remainder of the 17th and into the 18th centuries, but the introduction of tobacco was a key moment that helped the colony survive financial ruin and prevent further human loss.

Detailed explanation-5: -By 1616, the majority of Virginia plantations were farming tobacco. The Company was not happy about this turn of events and continued to campaign for diversification, but accepted the reality that tobacco cultivation was essential to getting the colony established.