It was the introduction of tobacco growing by John Rolfe in 1612 that saved the colony and delivered it into prosperity. Economic Significance: the introduction of tobacco growing, which saves the colony, becomes an extremely important cash crop that ends up fueling the prosperity of the American colonies for years.
It was the introduction of tobacco growing by John Rolfe in 1612 that saved the colony and delivered it into prosperity. Economic Significance: the introduction of tobacco growing, which saves the colony, becomes an extremely important cash crop that ends up fueling the prosperity of the American colonies for years.
While some went to the United Kingdom after the war, many took boats out of American cities and ended up in Halifax, now in Nova Scotia, before spreading out throughout what is today Canada.
