<P> Although most people `` would n't touch '' the crop , Rolfe was able to make his fortune farming it , successfully exporting beginning in 1612 . Soon almost all other colonists followed suit , as windfall profits in tobacco briefly lent Jamestown something like a gold rush atmosphere . Among others , Rolfe quickly became both a wealthy and prominent man . He married the young Virginia Indian woman Pocahontas on April 24 , 1614 . They lived first across the river from Jamestown , and later at his Varina Farms plantation near Henricus . Their son , Thomas Rolfe , was born in 1615 . </P>
<P> Although most people `` would n't touch '' the crop , Rolfe was able to make his fortune farming it , successfully exporting beginning in 1612 . Soon almost all other colonists followed suit , as windfall profits in tobacco briefly lent Jamestown something like a gold rush atmosphere . Among others , Rolfe quickly became both a wealthy and prominent man . He married the young Virginia Indian woman Pocahontas on April 24 , 1614 . They lived first across the river from Jamestown , and later at his Varina Farms plantation near Henricus . Their son , Thomas Rolfe , was born in 1615 . </P>
what crop was known as virginia 's gold and silver
what crop was known as virginia 's gold and silver
tobacco
tobacco