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[Row number] 237 [Grade] 4 [SOL] VS.4a [SOL Text] The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia colony bya) explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery; [Essential Knowledge] The success of tobacco as a cash crop transformed life in the Virginia colony and encouraged slavery. A cash crop is a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers. The economy of the Virginia colony depended on agriculture as a primary source of wealth. Tobacco was sold in England as a cash crop. The successful planting of tobacco depended on a reliable and inexpensive source of labor. Large number of Africans were brought to the colony against their will to work as slaves of the plantations. The Virginia colony became dependent on slave labor, and the dependence lasted a long time. [Key Words] History Jamestown [Marking Period] MP3 [Subject] 
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