The Cultivation of Tobacco Around Jamestown Resulted in All the Following

question 61

Multiple Choice

The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT

• A) the rapid wearing out of the soil.
• B) the search for new sources of labor.
• C) rising prosperity for the colony.
• D) improved relations with the local Indians.
• E) the expansion of European settlement into the interior.

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