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Tobacco. This became the #1 money crop for Virginia.
Virginia's stinking weed was a primary cash crop for the colony. It saw the population and wealth of the colony explode.
No, that was the Virginia Colony who did that.
Tobacco. It was very important crop for the colonists and helped them to build up a lot of wealth.
The discovery of tobacco as cash crop in Virginia made the colonies labor supply grow. Indentured servants were first brought in to work the fields but soon after that slaves from Africa were used.