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What were the Jamestown colony’s first successful venture, after which the struggling colony began to thrive and expand?

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growing tobacco

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In 1612, John Rolfe, one of many shipwrecked on Bermuda, helped turn the settlement into a profitable venture. He introduced a new strain of tobacco from seeds that he brought and tobacco became the long-awaited cash crop for the Virginia Company, who wanted to make money off their investment in Jamestown.

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