The Virginia Colony established the House of Burgesses, which was the first elective governing body in a British colony in 1619.
Virginia Company was established in a bid to create a permanent English colony in North America. The colony was successful it recruited investors to raise operational funds
to build a profitable colony for England
Georgia, the Carolina's, Virginia, and Maryland.
Jamestown was the major colony.
Tobacco farming made the English colony of Virginia profitable
Tobacco was the most profitable cash crop in the Virginia colony sold to England
Jamestown, Virginia was one of the most important colonial cities. The crop that made it most profitable was 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.
Tobacco was the "cash crop" of the Virginia Colony during the 17th century.
Quebec was made into a profitable colony by Charles Darwin whose theory could explain why there were so many trees growing there and why the could be sold for such a good price.
Tobacco. It was not only a cash crop it was also used as the coin of the realm.
The Virginia colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe.
Tobacco was the staple crop of the Colony of Virginia. It was introduced by John Rolfe in 1612.
Tobacco farming in the state of Virginia is extremely profitable.
The Virginia Colony was special for a few reasons. First, it was the largest colony. Also, it was very prosperous. Virginia is the birthplace of many founding fathers. It is also home to several of our earliest Presidents.
The famous question is what happened to Virginia Dare and her colony.