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Tobacco in Colonial Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia Tobacco cultivation for export to Britain was popular in George Washington's youth and had been one of Virginia's most valuable crops for over a century. At age six, Washington's family settled on Colonist John Rolfe became the first settler to successfully grow tobacco (also know as "brown gold") on a commercial scale in 1610. In 1614 the first shipment of tobacco was sent to A Short History of Jamestown Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Tobacco The National Archives
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