European Colonization

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Jamestown's survival was secured primarily by

A
$Discovery of gold deposits in the Chesapeake (1610, Captain Smith)$
B
$Cultivation of tobacco as a profitable cash crop (1612, John Rolfe)$
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C
$Religious zeal of Anglican missionaries among Powhatan villages (1614)$
D
$Successful trade alliance with French Huguenot merchants (1615, La Salle)$

Explanation

Tobacco gave Virginia an economic foundation and led to demands for more land and labor.

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