SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Maize
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Tobaccco
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Water
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Tomatoes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jamestown colonists found a new way to make money for The Virginia Company: tobacco. The demand for tobacco eventually became so great, that the colonists turned to enslaved Africans as a cheap source of labor for their plantations.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Jamestown settlers never found gold. Therefore, they needed another way to support their colony. Colonist John Rolfe learned how to grow a new kind of tobacco. The settlers planted this cash crop.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first permanent European colony on the Atlantic seaboard was established by the Virginia Company at Jamestown in 1607 with a specific remit to look for gold.