SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN COLONY
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Question
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Which was a popular crop that was used to barter during the 1st English Settlement time? what did they trade for the cash crop?
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Tobacco.pots and pans made of copper and gold
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Tobacco. A ticket back to England
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Tobacco. Rice, corn, animal skins, and livestock.
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Corn. gold and silver
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first cash crop which helped America’s economy grow is tobacco. Tobacco grew very well in the early Thirteen British-American Colonies, this crop was especially prevalent in Virginia, people would immigrate to come work in the tobacco fields.
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. In 1616, John Rolfe visited England with his indigenous wife Rebecca (Pocahontas) where she was introduced to English royalty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most colonists lived on small family farms, but some owned large plantations that produced cash crops such as tobacco and rice.
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