SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Indigo
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Cotton
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Rice
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Tobacco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Once in Virginia, John Rolfe experimented with the planting of tobacco seeds he obtained from somewhere in the Caribbean.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tobacco was Virginia’s first cash crop. A cash crop is any crop for raised for its profits rather than its use. It was a labor intensive crop, requiring cheap labor and cheap land.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rolfe arrived in Jamestown in 1610 with 150 other settlers as part of a new charter organized by the Virginia Company. He began experimenting with growing tobacco, eventually using seeds grown in the West Indies to develop Virginia’s first profitable export.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tobacco remained Virginia’s most important cash crop, but tobacco growing changed as the popularity of cigarettes increased.