The Virginia colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe.
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the Jamestown colony john rolfe was the first one to plant and cure tobacco and save the Jamestown colony from disaster.
By raising tobacco for export to Europe.
The cash crop that the colony Jamestown had was tobacco.
Jamestown
When the Jamestown colony was built in Virginia, all the colonists were looking for was gold. When there was no gold found except for pyrite (fake gold), the colonists discovered the cash crop of tobacco. The trade of tobacco raised their profits so much that King James called tobacco the "golden leaf" meaning that the tobacco was there form of gold.
Tobacco
tobacco
Tobacco was important because when John Rolfe started growing and selling it, tobacco made money for the colony!
In the 1600's, tobacco was grown in the southern colonies. The main colony that grew tobacco was the Virginia colony.
James Town was a colony established in 1765. This was the successful colony, the other colony charelston was unsuccessful. James Town was successful, because of tobacco.