The Enlightenment was an era where people started realizing that they had (human) rights, realized that the monarchy + aristrocrats/ rich ppl in general shouldn't do whatever they wanted to do (like kill a bunch of ppl for saying smth against the Crown's beliefs), realized that they are capable of believing and doing something more than just living as a peasant.
The French had really sucky monarchs (like King Louis the Thirteenth), and frankly, they were sick of living in famine and poverty, so it was kinda like being in the right place and at the right time-- they overthrew their monarchy, now aware that they had these rights (inspired by the Enlightenment). "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" was the slogan. Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood = everything the monarchy wasn't.
Under the Royal Period, the tobacco farming was constantly growing and becoming more and more profitable agricultural branch. The reasons for that was that after the introducing of the tobacco in Europe, people loved it, and also very quickly got addicted to it. The demand was constantly growing, and the price was very good. Georgia had the perfect climate and soil for the production of the tobacco, and with the ever growing demand, the production was also constantly increasing. Another factor was that Georgia has access to the sea, so the people were able to easily and cheaply sheep the tobacco for Europe, and of top of that, Georgia was one of the colonies that had one of the best relations with the British Crown.
