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Tobacco in Colonial Virginia

Tobacco in Colonial Virginia. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia. The success of tobacco as a cash crop transformed life in the Virginia colony and encouraged slavery. Cash crop – A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia.

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Tobacco in Colonial Virginia

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  1. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia

  2. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia • The success of tobacco as a cash crop transformed life in the Virginia colony and encouraged slavery. • Cash crop – A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers.

  3. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia • Tobacco dominated Virginia’s colonial economy for several reasons. • Virginia had plenty of farmland on which to grow it. • The arrival of Africans provided labor to grow it.

  4. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia • England and the rest of Europe were willing to pay a lot of money for tobacco. • People raising tobacco made lots of money! (Tobacco became known as green gold!)

  5. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia • The economy of the Virginia colony depended on agriculture as a primary source of wealth. • Tobacco quickly became the most profitable agricultural product. • Tobacco was sold in England as a cash crop.

  6. The Effects of Tobacco on the Virginia Colony • The successful planting of tobacco depended on a reliable (steady) and inexpensive source of labor.

  7. The Effects of Tobacco on the Virginia Colony • Large numbers of African men, women, and children were brought to the colony against their will to work as slaves on the plantations. • The Virginia colony became dependent on slave labor, and the dependence lasted a long time.

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