Introducing tabacco as a cash crop-apex

John Rolfe was the first to plant tobacco in Virginia. Tobacco became the economic salvation of the colony and, for years, its biggest cash crop.

Yes Pocahontas Did Marry Kocoum. The Real Pocahontas Anyway. The Disney Pochontas Didnt as Kocoum Died In The Story. The Real Pocahontas never married or even had a relationship with John Smith as she was only 10 when she met him when he came to Jamestown looking for gold. He was over 15 years older than her at the time. After He Left, many years later Pocahontas is said to have married Kocoum. Although nothing much is known about their relationship. A few years later she moved to London as the wife of John Rolfe (Not John Smith). Suggestions Have Been Made That Pocahontas was still married to Kocoum at the time. After Her Marrage To Rolfe She was Baptised and Called Lady Rebecca and From That Day On Known as Rebecca Rolfe.

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John Rolfe got married to Pocahontas and Pocahontas got married to John Rolfe. They had a baby Thomas Rolfe a year later :)

He's not dead, he's currently making a AVGN movie

John Rolfe was Pocahontas's husband. _________________________________________ He made tobacco in the 1600's He was primarily responsible for the development of commercial tobacco cultivation in Virginia and became the son-in-law of Powhatan.

Yes. She didn't fall in love with John Smith, but saved him. She married with John Rolfe and had a son named Thomas Rolfe.

He did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.

Yes he was the one who went back to get the food. But then 3 years later he went back and nobody was there. All he found was in a tree carved C-R-O that means the Croatians had been there!

John Rolfe was a part of the English ships that John Smith was on. One night, Rolfe followed Smith when a few years older and when Smith left, Rolfe went in to meet the Indian princess.

He cultivated "rabbit tobacco."

John Rolfe and John Smith were associated with the Colony of Virginia. They are also known for their relations with Pocahontas; she may have saved Smith's life and Rolfe eventually married her.

She didn't love Smith, but was a little girl. He did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.

He did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.

"Only the young may change the way of the earth"

1614 in Jamestown. The rest of her history we think we know is not true. Smith did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.

They started growing Tobacco in 1612 but they did not get a final product that could be exported until 1617.

He introduced tobacco to the New World.

Rolfe reacted to consumer demand by importing seed from the West Indies and cultivating the plant in the Jamestown colony. Those tobacco seeds became the seeds of a huge economic empire.

By 1630, over a million and a half pounds of tobacco were being exported from Jamestown every year.

The tobacco economy rapidly began to shape the society and development of the colony. Growing tobacco takes its toil on the soil. Because tobacco drained the soil of its nutrients, only about three successful growing seasons could occur on a plot of land. Then the land had to lie fallow for three years before the soil could be used again. This created a huge drive for new farmland.

She married John Rolfe

Smith was an Englishman who was sent to Jamestown in the second year of the colony. He later wrote a book about his short time there and lied. Pocahontas was a little Native American girl who may have met Smith, but her story is more interesting than what is told in the fable about her. She was kidnapped by the leader of the colony, held for 4 years, renamed Rebecca, became a Christian, married John Rolfe, left for England, had a baby boy, and died at the age of 19 or 20.