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What did the Virginia company do to keep tobacco farmers from leaving?
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How did the Virginia Company make money from the colony at Jamestown?
The Virginia Company made money from growing and selling tobacco.
How did tobacco help the Virginia colonists survive?
Tobacco was the biggest cash crop in the Virginia Colony. It was always in demand and farmers were able to export a lot of it to Britain.
What did Virginia Maryland and North Carolina farmers grow as their main crop?
Tobacco.
Why were many of Virginia's tobacco farmers in debt?
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Why did the Virginia tobacco planters oppose the navigation acts?
Although it guaranteed Virginia farmers a monopoly on the English tobacco market, they were denied the profits of direct sales to Spain and other European countries.
How did tobacco help Virginia colonists survive?
Tobacco was the biggest cash crop in the Virginia Colony. It was always in demand and farmers were able to export a lot of it to Britain.
How did the owners of the Virginia Company raise money to build their new company?
They sold tobacco and crops.
What did farmers grow in virginia in the early 1700s?
During colonial times, Virginia produced a great deal of tobacco and cotton.
How did the Jamestown colony make money for the Virginia Company?
they made money by selling tobacco.
Was it true The most profitable commodity that the Virginia colonists were able to trade was corn?
No it isn't. The most profitable commodity traded by Virginia colonists was tobacco. So profitable was it, that Virginia started to worry about having enough farmers growing food rather than tobacco.
What is Virginia's economy?
The economy of Virginia is tobacco.
Was the house of burgesses the main tobacco company of the Virginia colony?
The House of Burgesses was the legislative body of the Virginia Colony. It was part of the government, not a company of any kind.
