Virginia established the House of Burgesses which was a representative body for the colony. Landowning men were allowed to participate in decisions for the colony.
The colony also relied on tobacco as a means of money. The colony was a cash crop colony with plantations. The whole region would come to rely on cash crops and the plantation system.
It was Virginia that had the first colonial representative body and depended on exporting tobacco, since this was one of the most prominent colonies of all.
