English Settlers On New World
The English settlers who settled in the New World originally had no idea that a few
colonies would one day become a well-established nation. When explorers first landed in
North America, many were astounded and attempted to shape the New World through the
Native Americans. While the Indians themselves were not treated humane, they were
forced to share parts of their own culture with the English, and therefore, helping the
colonists rise to an advantage and gradually destroyed the earliest Americans. When the
colonists adopted techniques to grow crops such as food and tobacco, their success rose
because of many exports to Europe. But, since crops such as tobacco were high in
demand, they needed more slaves to work on the fields and imported some from various
parts of Africa. On the other hand, in England more land was needed for sheep-grazing, so
low-class residents, such as farmers, were kicked off of their homes and the land was
enclosed to pasture. Many events were important into shaping the New World, there were
three events that were the most essential: the cultivation of tobacco in Virginia, the
introduction of slavery into the plantation colonies, and the enclosing of croplands in
England.
The cultivation of tobacco in Virginia resulted with the most important
consequences because it became an instant success within the colonies and also in England.
Also, tobacco is still a major influence in today¡¯s society. John Rolfe, the father of the
tobacco industry, had perfected methods of raising the leaf and eliminated the bitter taste.
Tobacco then rose to fame in both the colonies and in Europe. Since the success of tobacco,
colonists hungered for...
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