United States History Student Edition

E Farming Tobacco

The discovery that tobacco grew well in Virginia’s soil helped save Jamestown. Exports of the crop brought in great profits for the colony. This illustration from the early 1700s shows tobacco farming.

PRIMARY SOURCE: ILLUSTRATION

EXAMINE THE SOURCE 1. Analyzing What details about tobacco farming does this illustration reveal? 2. Interpreting Based on the illustration, was tobacco farming labor intensive? Explain.

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