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Tobacco was actually grow in the Southern parts of the United States, early on it was tried in the northern States but it was not very successful due to weather and soil conditions. Tobacco was not found in the United States it was actually smuggled out of England by John Rolfe in 1609 when he left England to come to Jamestown VA. (the Oldest known settlement to still be around in the United States). The soil there was perfect for raising Tobacco and the framing of Tobacco flourished throughout that area

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What are North Carolina's natural resources?

The colony of North Carolina was on the east side of the new world, the natural resources included great planting soil, it had the best climate being a southern colony, so it had the longest growing season, the colonist grew cash crops such as sugar cane, rice, tobacco, and indigo. The southern colonies had few mountains, and quite a bit of trees. The southern colonies had the biggest amounts of land. The colony was near the ocean too.


How did John Rolfe affect the colony?

Rolfe reacted to consumer demand by importing seed from the West Indies and cultivating the plant in the Jamestown colony. Those tobacco seeds became the seeds of a huge economic empire. By 1630, over a million and a half pounds of tobacco were being exported from Jamestown every year. The tobacco economy rapidly began to shape the society and development of the colony. Growing tobacco takes its toil on the soil. Because tobacco drained the soil of its nutrients, only about three successful growing seasons could occur on a plot of land. Then the land had to lie fallow for three years before the soil could be used again. This created a huge drive for new farmland.


How did John Rolfe transform the Virginia colony?

He experimented with tobacco plants, by crossbreeding tobacco from brazil, with a harsh strain of weeds that Native Americans had grown. Making the plants spread like wildfire. His experiment resulted in high quality tobacco. It was then called brown gold, because of it's popularity. The Virginia colony exported more than 1.5 million lbs of tobacco to England every year.


What 1800s practices of southern farmers overworked the land?

growing cash crops such as cotton and tobacco -apex ;)


What became the capital of France's southern colony?

New Amsterdam :P