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In mid-Atlantic states, leaves of this New World crop were often used as currency |
tobacco
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$1,200 |
DJ |
LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA |
2018-10-17 |
#7843 |
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When the natives wanted to form an alliance with the Europeans, they shared a calumet stuffed with this |
tobacco
|
$200 |
J |
EARLY AMERICA |
2003-07-10 |
#4359 |
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By the 1630s the Virginia Company exported 1.5 million pounds of this crop a year |
tobacco
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$400 |
DJ |
COLONIAL AMERICA |
1995-05-10 |
#2473 |
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John Rolfe, who married Pocahontas, was 1st to grow this crop commercially in Virginia |
tobacco
|
$200 |
DJ |
COLONIAL AMERICA |
1988-04-07 |
#839 |
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Though it was 1st profitable cash crop grown in colonies, government now subsidizes it |
tobacco
|
$400 |
DJ |
COLONIAL AMERICA |
1986-03-27 |
#404 |