USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Out of these crops, corn and tobacco became the most pivotal to Virginia history. Corn was the most sought after grain of the colonists and was used by Native Americans as a major bartering tool. Through tobacco, Virginia Natives helped form the economic basis of the first successful English colony in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Virginia and Maryland, the main cash crop was tobacco. In South Carolina and Georgia, the main cash crops were indigo and rice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Grains: Soybeans, corn for grain, and wheat are major crops of interest and grown across the country in large quantities for use in many different products.

Detailed explanation-4: -The dried leaves of the tobacco plant became the major cash crop in colonial Virginia after John Rolfe brought the seeds of a South American variety, Nicotiana tabacum, to Virginia in 1612. Oronoco tobacco, named for the Venezuelan valley of its origins, became the widest grown variety of tobacco grown in Virginia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Today, tobacco is still Virginia’s largest cash crop and number 1 export.