alleryStart learning →Which crop became Virginia's chief source of revenue within a decade of its first London shipment?
AThe indigo crop
BThe tobacco crop
CThe cotton crop
DThe rice crop
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The tobacco crop
1. In 1612 a method was found for curing Virginia tobacco so that it suited the European taste.
2. The first shipment of that tobacco reached London in 1614.
3. Within a decade tobacco had become Virginia's chief source of revenue.
4. Rice and indigo were Carolina exports rather than the Virginia staple.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section AGRICULTURE RULES THE SOUTH_
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