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According to rolfe what economic advantages and social problems did tobacco pose for the colony

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Certainly, here's a simplified version:

**Economic Advantages:**
- Tobacco farming made Virginia money because people wanted to buy it.
- It helped the colony grow and attracted more settlers.

**Social Problems:**
- To grow tobacco, they needed lots of workers, so they used enslaved people, which was a big problem.
- People fought over land to grow tobacco, causing arguments.
- Growing tobacco wore out the soil, so they had to keep finding new land.
- Virginia depended too much on tobacco, and if the price went down, it caused money problems.
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