Question 3 • WV-US Studies
Tobacco became Virginia’s major cash crop, bringing planters significant profits. Its labor-intensive cultivation increased demand for workers, including indentured servants, and encouraged expansion onto Indigenous lands, causing conflict. Virginia also used the Headright system to attract settlers and workers by granting land to those who paid for passage. Tobacco farming was profitable for England, so disapproval from England was not a typical effect.
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