The Virginia Colony Began to Grow and Eventually Prosper When

question 8

Multiple Choice

The Virginia colony began to grow and eventually prosper when John Rolfe

• A)adapted an Indian practice of growing tobacco for shipping to England.
• B)discovered gold on the Yorktown Peninsula.
• C)married Pocahontas and established an alliance with her father,ending the wars between the colony and the Powhatans.
• D)established the headright system in the colony to bring the population under his control.
• E)introduced slavery to make up for the labor shortage.

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