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Tobacco cultivation drove the economic development of seventeenth-century English colonies

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Is it true that tobacco cultivation drove the economic development of seventeenth-century English colonies?

Yes. Historical sources confirm that tobacco served as the primary cash crop, currency, and economic driver for seventeenth-century English colonies like Virginia, rescuing them from financial ruin and fueling their expansion.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Wikipedia: Tobacco
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Wikipedia: Tobacco. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco

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Wikipedia: History of Virginia
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Wikipedia: History of Virginia. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia

University of North Carolina Press: Pursuits of happiness : the social development of early modern British colonies and the formation of American culture
1988
Highlights high profits and the rapid development of tobacco as a viable staple for the metropolitan market.
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P, G. J. (1988). University of North Carolina Press: Pursuits of happiness : the social development of early modern British colonies and the formation of American culture. University of North Carolina Press. https://archive.org/details/pursuitsofhappin0000gree

Longman: The British in the Americas, 1480-1815
1994
States tobacco became the principal success among crops in early English colonies.
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1946-, M. A. (1994). Longman: The British in the Americas, 1480-1815. Longman. https://archive.org/details/britishinamerica0000mcfa

Harper & Row: Interpreting colonial America : selected readings
1978
Notes colonists kept to planting tobacco as their primary economic output.
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comp, M. J. K. 1. (1978). Harper & Row: Interpreting colonial America : selected readings. Harper & Row. https://archive.org/details/interpretingcolo00mart

Prentice-Hall: American odyssey, 1607-1789
1984
Identifies tobacco as the staple money crop that expanded rapidly in Virginia.
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Robert, L. P. (1984). Prentice-Hall: American odyssey, 1607-1789. Prentice-Hall. https://archive.org/details/americanodyssey100luca

Viking: American colonies
2001
Describes tobacco as an ideal colonial cash crop transported across the Atlantic.
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Alan, T. (2001). Viking: American colonies. Viking. https://archive.org/details/americancolonies00tayl_1

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