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What is a colony that made profits from tobacco?
the Jamestown colony john rolfe was the first one to plant and cure tobacco and save the Jamestown colony from disaster.
What did John Rolfe contribute to the Colony of Virginia?
John Rolfe was the first to plant tobacco in Virginia. Tobacco became the economic salvation of the colony and, for years, its biggest cash crop.
Who found the first colony in America?
Roanoke Island by the brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, Gilbert Raleigh. This colony did not succeed.
What was the first profitable crop grown by the Virginia colony?
Tobacco. It was not only a cash crop it was also used as the coin of the realm.
Where were the first slaves in America?
The first slaves in America were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to help grow tobacco.
How did Jamestown earn the money?
When the colony first got to America, they looked for gold and silver, which eventually led them to disaster. After the first winter, they realized that looking for gold and silver wasn't the best approach to settling there. John Smith, learned from the nearby Indians that tobacco could be grown in the soil here. After a while, tobacco became one of the biggest its in Europe so the tobacco selling in the colony grew. Tobacco saved the colony from disaster. So that is what the colony made its money off of! -GOOD QUESTION, I'm sure not a lot of people know this.
How did Jamestown succeed?
they were the first english colony ever to survive in the new world
Why did Jamestown colony fail and why did it finall succeed?
They depended on slaves too much, and when slaves were outlawed, things turned havoc
Englands first colony at Jamestown?
was saved from failure by john smith's leadership and by john rolfe's introduction of tobacco
How did early colonists of Jamestown make a living?
they made money by selling tobacco.
The first crop grown in Carolina that brought a profit to the growers was what?
The colony of South Carolina had indigo, and rice, and tobacco, as early cash crops. But, it was cotton that would make the colony a much bigger success and a very wealthy colony.
What country was responsible for their first settlement that was saved by John Smith?
John Smith saved Jamestown the second English colony. (the first colony went missing without a trace.) John Smith saved Jamestown with valuable tobacco crops.England...
