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What impact did tobacco have on Jamestown and in England both economically and socially?

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Tobacco became very popular in Europe and proved to be a highly profitable cash crop. The demand for tobacco eventually became so great, that the colonists turned to enslaved Africans as a cheap source of labor for their plantations.
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