John Rolfe: Husband of Pocahontas. He was killed by Powhatans in a surprise raid in 1622. He devoted much of his new world life to perfecting a saleable form of tobacco. Disease: Main destroyer of Indian people and cultures. Epidemics of measles and smallpox totally destroyed some Indian groups, while in other tribes killed the elders who kept their history and culture alive. Tobacco: The main cash crop of Virginia. It was bad in that it ruined the soil and tied the economy to the price of one crop. It also promoted the use of many acres of large plantations and thus a need for lots of new labor, and as a consequence, slavery.
APUSH Chapter 2 Notes
John Rolfe: Husband of Pocahontas. He was killed by Powhatans in a surprise raid in 1622. He devoted much of his new world life to perfecting a saleable form of tobacco. Disease: Main destroyer of Indian people and cultures. Epidemics of measles and smallpox totally destroyed some Indian groups, while in other tribes killed the elders who kept their history and culture alive. Tobacco: The main cash crop of Virginia. It was bad in that it ruined the soil and tied the economy to the price of one crop. It also promoted the use of many acres of large plantations and thus a need for lots of new labor, and as a consequence, slavery.
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