SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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squash
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tobacco
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corn
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beans
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco would remain the most lucrative agricultural crop for the U.S. throughout the Colonial period and into the early part of the nation’s history. GREENWICH, N.Y.-Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful English colony in what would become the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Tobacco formed the basis of the colony’s economy: it was used to purchase the indentured servants and slaves to cultivate it, to pay local taxes and tithes, and to buy manufactured goods from England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tobacco was one of the most important crops in colonial America, and was the main reason that Jamestown and North Carolina remained viable in the 1600s and 1700s.
Detailed explanation-5: -While at first tobacco was grown in much larger quantities in Virginia and Maryland (the first and second largest colonial producers, respectively), North Carolina also grew the crop, and was ranked third among the colonies in tobacco production.