Europeans were looking for gold, and it was found in South America, but not on the Eastern Coast of North America. What could the colonists provide England that no other place could provide? Well, in North America there was lots of land, the temperature was just right for producing Tobacco. It is a very labor intensive crop, so it made sense for the colonists to import slaves to do the work.
Read pages 63-65 and discuss these questions with your teacher.
Who was John Rolfe?
What did most people think about the Native American's tobacco?
What did John Rolfe do instead?
How did he grow and process the tobacco?
What did they like to do in England?
Did everyone like it? What did a smoker look like? Smell like?
What did King James write about it?
Did that make any difference to the smokers?
How much tobacco was sent to England by the 1630?
What is the process of growing tobacco?
How much time does it take?
How can the work be done?
What happened in 1619?
Who came to James Town?
What did the traders give to the African nations in return for slaves?
Where did all these slaves work?
Homework:
You are a tobacco farmer, and your last servant left you. You have a large plantation what do you do to keep the business going? You are thinking about buying slaves. Write a diary entry about it.
For more information go here: (it is a bit long but worth the time to study it)
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