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Asked in Colonial America, Virginia, Tobacco and Tobacco Products, John Rolfe
When did John Rolfe start growing tobacco in Virginia?
They started growing Tobacco in 1612 but they did not get a
final product that could be exported until 1617.
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Asked in Colonial America, John Rolfe
How did john Rolfe help the colony grow and become a successful colony?
He introduced tobacco to Virginia colony. Tobacco grew well in
Virginia and tobacco was popular in England, so Virginia got rich
by selling and growing tobacco. Sidenote: John Rolfe married
Pocahontas, not John Smith.
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Asked in Pocahontas, John Rolfe
What colony did John Rolfe and Pocahontas discover?
Pocohontas didn't discover anything. John Rolfe sailed to
America in 1606 to start England's first successful American
colony, Jamestown in Virginia
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Asked in Virginia, John Rolfe
How did John Rolfe and tobacco help Virginia prosper?
John Rolfe had the money to invest in the Virginia colony.
Tobacco was the cash crop, which helped stabilize it's economy.
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Asked in Colonial America, Virginia, John Rolfe
What did John Rolfe contribute to the Colony of Virginia?
John Rolfe was the first English settler to successfully
cultivate tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia. He
was also married to Pocahontas.
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Asked in Native American History, John Rolfe
What colony were John Rolfe and John Smith associated with?
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.
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Asked in Colonial America, John Rolfe
Why did John Rolfe go to Virginia?
He cultivated "rabbit tobacco."
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Asked in Colonial America, Native American History, Pocahontas, John Rolfe
When did Pocahontas and John Rolfe first meet?
she meet him in virginia
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Asked in History, Politics & Society, John Rolfe
How did John Rolfe transfer the Virginia colony?
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.
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Asked in History of Europe, John Rolfe
Why was John Rolfe important?
John Rolfe is credited with planting the first tobacco seeds in
Virginia. He is also famous for being Pocahontasâ?? husband.
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Asked in Virginia, John Rolfe
The Virginia colonist John Rolfe?
introduced tobacco production in the colony
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Asked in Virginia
Who was Virginia's leaders?
The leaders of early Virginia were John Smith and John Rolfe.
John Smith was the first leader, and after an accident involving
gunpowder, he was killed. Later, John Rolfe took over.
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Asked in History, Politics & Society
What role did tobacco play in Virginia and early colonial period?
Tobacco saved Jamestown from destruction. John Rolfe brought the
seeds to Virginia and the growing of tobacco was used for cash and
selling. They grew it in every space they could find.
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Asked in Farm Crops
What were some crops made in the colony of Virginia?
Tobacco was the staple crop of the Colony of Virginia. It was
introduced by John Rolfe in 1612.
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Asked in Colonial America, Virginia
Who was the most important people in the Virginia colony?
John Smith
John Rolfe
James Madison
James Monroe
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Asked in Travel & Places, Colonial America, John Rolfe
Who was John Rolfe?
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.
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Asked in Colonial America, Virginia, John Rolfe
What important contribution did John Rolfe make to Jamestown Colony?
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.
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Asked in Colonial America
Who was the soldier that was the first good leader of the colony?
i think it was john smith or john rolfe....john smith i believe.
that is if your talking about virginia at jamestown.
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Asked in History, John Rolfe
Why is John Rolfe a major person?
John Rolfe is a major person because he married Pocahontas,
daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy and also was the
first to cultivate tobacco as an export crop from the Colony of
Virginia.
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Asked in Native American History, Pocahontas, John Rolfe
Where did Pocahontas and John rolfe live?
where did john rolfe live
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Asked in Colonial America, Native American History, Famous People, John Rolfe
Who did Pocahontas marry John smit or John rolfe?
She married John Rolfe
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Asked in Colonial America
What were the Jamestown settlers growing that made them money?
When John Rolfe brought tobacco to Jamestown it saved the
colony.
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Asked in Pocahontas, John Rolfe
Who married John Rolfe and Pocahontas?
John Rolfe got married to Pocahontas and Pocahontas got married
to John Rolfe. They had a baby Thomas Rolfe a year later :)
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Asked in Pocahontas
What important thing did Pocahontas do for Virginia?
she married john Rolfe and was the daughter of Chief
Powhatan
She moved to Virgina with him
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Asked in History of Europe, Colonial America, Human and Animal Interaction, John Rolfe
When was John Rolfe born?
John Rolfe was born in the year 1585!
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