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What was the primary cause of death among tobacco growing settlers?
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We do not have really good records of causes of death, because the diagnosis given for a disease of that time is not really directly translatable into a modern diagnosis. For example, what was called consumption might have been tuberculosis, cancer, or any of a number of other diseases.
That having been said, most people of the American colonies probably died of Infectious Diseases. The important disease among them included small pox, measles, typhoid fever, cholera, diphtheria, and so on.
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What was the primary cause of death among tobacco-growing settlers?
The primary cause of death among tobacco-growing settlers was nicotine poisoning. These settlers ingested too much nicotine, and they got sick and died.
Primary cause of death among tobacco-growing settlers?
If this is for the American Pageant, the correct answer is disease
What was the primary cause of death among tobacco settlers?
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How made the growing of Tobacco profitable in U.S History?
Growing tobacco in the American colonies were profitable because the demand for the product in Europe as well as in the colonies themselves. The soil in areas around North Carolina was ideal for the crop, however, growing tobacco in mass quantities depleted the soil quickly. In the early colonial days, this factor was overcome by expanding the areas of tobacco growth ( usually at the expense of Native Tribes ). Later in history, fertilizing techniques allowed more tobacco to be grown. Even today in many parts of the world, the demand for tobacco has not diminished. One stroll around any major US university that has a large foreign student population, tobacco use is seen everywhere among the foreign students.
What would settlers gain from going to Virginia?
Settlers going to Virginia gained:rich farmlands in valleysexpansive acres to buy (Land Deeds)ready employment as laborer farmhandsready employment in related areas, such as Millers, Weavers, Blacksmiths, etc.beautiful mountains and mountain viewsplentiful tobacco, among other crops
Who were among the settlers at sagadahoc and their leader?
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What are other names for tobacco?
Tobacco is sold in the form of cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and pipe tobacco. Names for the above are "smokes", "chew", "chaw", among others.
What groups were represented among the plain settlers?
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Among the first settlers of the Oregon country after trappers were?
Missionaries
Among the first settlers of the Oregon country after trappers were the?
Missionaries
What is one result of growing diversity among Americans today?
they keep on growing
What was the repartimiento system?
REPARTIMIENTO- is the apportioning of Indians among the settlers for labor
