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He introduced tobacco to the New World.
Yes, John Rolfe, a famous tobacco farmer, did marry Pocahontas.
He did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.
of making tobacco and becoming a successful crop owner
He cultivated "rabbit tobacco."
No, John Rolfe was the first European to grow tobacco. The Native Americans taught him.
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John Rolfe taught the Virginians how to grow tobacco.
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He selled tobacco.
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He introduced tobacco to the New World.
John Rolfe improved ways of preserving the pungent weed, but I am unsure of who first cultivated the tobacco in Virginia.