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Explain why Tobacco was chosen over cultivation glassblowing and silkworm farming

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Hey,
Jamestown settlers experimented with GLASSBLOWING, VINEYARD cultivation, and even silkworm farming. Despite efforts to diversify
the economy, by the end of the 1620s only one crop was drawing a fair market price in England: tobacco.

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