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How did the white settlers transform Virginia intona profitable colony by 1700

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Planting Tobacco

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To survive, the settlers need a staple crop that can be transported for food, clothing, and other useful things. Tobacco made Virginia a very rich state.

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In order to thrive, the colony needed a staple crop, one that could be exported for profit and thus fuel Virginia's economy. Rolfe discovered such a crop in tobacco. Those who did survive helped to make a small number of elite white Virginians very wealthy.

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