John Rolfe
John Rolfe
John Rolfe.
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.
Tobacco farming made the English colony of Virginia profitable
In 1612, John Rolfe, an English settler in Virginia, developed a mild blend of tobacco that significantly contributed to the tobacco industry in North America. His cultivation of this strain, known as Virginia tobacco, helped establish tobacco as a lucrative cash crop for the colony and played a key role in its economic development. Rolfe's efforts also marked a turning point in the European demand for tobacco, which became increasingly popular in England and beyond.
Tobacco was the staple crop of the Colony of Virginia. It was introduced by John Rolfe in 1612.
Jamestown -Settled in 1606 by the Virginia Company of London -First permanent English settlement in the New World nSettled mostly by men in order to farm tobacco, there were 4 men for every 1 woman3,000 original settlers
he introduced the cash crop tobacco
no, tobacco
Native Americans first cultivated and used tobacco.
No, they did not smoke tobacco. Tobacco is native to North America and was smoked by the Native Americans there for millennia. It was not until English colonists made contact with some of these Native Americans in what is now the state of Virginia, during the early 1600s (Renaissance period), that it was then brought back and introduced to European society.
The crop that most helped the Virginia colony was tobacco. This was also the main reason why most settlers settled in this colony.