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Tobacco was one of the main crops grown in the Virginia Colony, so they sent it all over the place, to England and the West Indies, to earn money. They would even send it to the New England Colonies up north! Hope this helps!
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∙ 9y agoThe introduction of tobacco to the Chesapeake region had a huge impact on the economy of Virginia. Tobacco is a big cash crop and made a lot of people in Virginia wealthy.
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∙ 10y agoIt was a cash crop. It provided great sums of money for the settlers.
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∙ 6y agoTobacco 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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How did tobacco impact Europe?
Tobacco was a major cash crop in European trade and did not hit the markets until the discovery of the New World. Here, tobacco was grown immensely, especially in the British colonies.
How do you use tobacco in the sentence?
They grew tobacco in the colonies. The tobacco had to be harvested by hand.
In Chesapeake colonies what was the most important cash crop?
Tobacco
In the chesapeak colonies what the most important cash crop?
tobacco
WHAT crop that the southern colonies had did the middle colonies not have?
tobacco
Which was the first cash crop of the English colonies?
tobacco
What cash crop was important to the Chesapeake colonies colonies?
tobacco
What plants did the middle colonies grow?
corn and tobacco
What did they plant in the southern colonies?
Tobacco
What was the colonies main crop?
It is Tobacco
What cash crop was imported to the early English colony?
Tea was imported to the colonies. The colonies exported tobacco, lumber, and sugar.
What were the crops in the chesapeake colonies?
Since the climate of the chesapeake colonies was so much like that of the middle colonies they had very good soil in the chesapeake colonies. Deciding to grow a lot of tobacco. Tobacco was the main crop though there was some shipbuilding and shipping to ship the tobacco to the other colonies and back to England.
