John Rolfe lived from 1585 to 1622 and was married to Pocahontas. His chief contribution to Virginia's economy was the cultivation of tobacco.
One thing that John Rolfe did to transform the Virginia colony was to cultivate a different tobacco that the English liked. This in turn made the tobacco very profitable and transformed the economy of Virginia.
The strain of tobacco cultivated by Rolfe was the export cash crop that helped make the Virginia Colony profitable. It was the mainstay of the farming plantations for generations. Huge warehouses, such as those on Richmond's Tobacco Row, attest to its popularity. Even almost 400 years later, tobacco figures prominently in Virginia's economy.
No, John Rolfe was the first European to grow tobacco. The Native Americans taught him.
John Rolfe
John Rolfe taught the Virginians how to grow tobacco.
John Rolfe lived from 1585 to 1622 and was married to Pocahontas. His chief contribution to Virginia's economy was the cultivation of tobacco.
John Rolfe.
John Rolfe
John Rolfe
Tobacco. A new, high-grade tobacco was developed by John Rolfe in 1612, and it became very popular in England. As the colonists learned to grow it, they became very successful, and it changed the economy of Jamestown in many ways.
He selled tobacco.