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Historical accounts vary. Jean Nicot or Sir Walter Raleigh. Hopefully somebody will add to this with some historical facts.
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How can tobacco be seen as revenge for small pox?
Europeans brought smallpox with them when they travelled to the Americas and it killed many people there. They brought tobacco back to Europe and tobacco has resulted in many deaths too.
What did the europeans bring back from america?
Maize (corn), tobacco, and indigo were three of the biggest American exports to Europe when America was first discovered.
What was the first cash crop in North America?
Tobacco was the first cash crop in the English Colonies in America. The first to grow tobacco was John Rolfe of Jamestown. He brought tobacco seeds he had acquired in Trinidad . By 1612, he had harvested his initial crop to be exported to Europe.
Did people smoke in the Bible?
Tobacco was found in the Americas more than a thousand years after the Bible was written, and only then brought back to Europe. The people of biblical times had no concept of smoking tobacco.
What group of people were brought to America to plant and harvesting tobacco?
the African were brought to America to plant and harvest tobacco.
How did the colonists received political rights in Jamestown?
They brought tobacco to the new colony.
What was the route of african slaves?
From Europe, they brought textiles, run and manufactured good to Africa. From Africa, they bought slaves or simply took people and made them slaves, and brought them to the Americas. From the Americas, the Europeans brought back the sugar, tobacco and cotton.
Who was a settler who brought tobacco to James town?
John Rolfe brought the tobacco seeds to Jamestown and also married Pocahontas.
What did sir Walter Raleigh introduce to England?
The answer usually is thought to be 'tobacco' or 'smoking'. This is however incorrect, for tobacco had been brought to Europe and England long before him. He did however popularize smoking and because he smoked, it became fashionable in 'polite' company.
Who were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations?
Slaves were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations.
Did people smoke tobacco in medieval times?
No. During the medieval period of time, tobacco did not exist in Europe and was smoked only in North America for ceremonial purposes. Tobacco was not imported to Europe until the Renaissance period.
The ottomans did not introduce to Europe?
tobacco
