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The sweet tobacco was a major cash crop in Virginia. 

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Soon after the people settled, they discovered that tobacco grew best and offered the greatest price to the settlers in Virginia, therefore large plantations were dedicated to tobacco cultivation. In order to supply inexpensive labor for their farms, these immigrants launched the slave trade in 1619. For the colonists, the slave trade and the shipment of crops and slaves were strong and thriving industries. Farming and different plantations and farms were responsible for the majority of the economy and many people had small independent farms, while some of the wealthier people had more industrial and large farms.

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Officially recognized by the government, The Church of England was also the official religion of Virginia's colony. The regulations of the colony were frequently influenced by religious norms; for example, all colonists were compelled to attend church twice every Sunday, since they believed that religion played an important role in both normal life and the government. For some of these leaders, the fight for political independence opened the way for another major cultural shift a movement to "disestablish" the Anglican Church, the colony's official religion, and to ensure that all residents had equal access to their own religious views. The Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church, is the primary state church in England. While the Anglican church was the official religion of the community there were some other religions such as baptists, Presbyterians, and methodists.

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Everyday life in the colony of Virginia.

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In the first-ever colony in the Northern Americas, most settlers were English. Each of the men who came to the New World were given 50 acres each, and an additional 100 acres if they bought stock in the Virginia Company. Many of these settlers brought their white enslaved servants and also held black slaves to help with farming.
Also, people in the colony were provided talents from people skilled in various trades, such as Shoemakers, Brickmaker, tailors, and more. As a result, many unskilled laborers began to escape unemployment in England while providing cheap labor to the plantation owners.

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Virginia had lots of open space with many natural resources.

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During many hot summer days, colonists worked in tobacco fields. Since there were surrounding valleys, although they could only cultivate it in Virginia's flat plains because the mountains prevented it from being planted, there were many mountain ranges, bays, and plains that made up Virginia's landscape. The Blue Mountain Range and the Chesapeake Bay were Virginia's most important geological features. Virginia's soil was also fairly fertile, so crops ripened very quickly because of the fertile soil. However, they were too quick to harvest all of them in time. Virginia was primarily covered by plains that stretched for miles with nothing ahead of them. The colony was shaped like an economy by the mountain ranges.

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Raleigh saw the colony as an investment. The King and Queen saw the new land as an opportunity to be expanding their possessions of land. He also saw it as a way to earn money by trading raw materials such as oil, steel, and forest, that were to be found in the new land, to other communities. Colonists, soon after they settled, would be sent to set up farms in the fertile lands of Virginia and would sell what they produced and trade for what they needed through the Virginia Company of London. During this time period, tobacco became the largest investment in the colony. It grew very well and was able to be sold at a high price. The company was set up by the investors who would own Virginia, who in this case was King James l, assisted by Sir Thomas Smith. This way, the Virginia Company could make money by setting prices.

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In addition to the enormous population, Virginia's geography is mountainous, with many rivers that are ideal for tobacco agricultural soil. Its geography was ideal for sustaining such a big population. There are a lot of rivers in Virginia, but there are four major rivers that run through the state's center. These rivers contributed to the fertilization of the tobacco plantations' entire land.

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The government election held few people, but many members were in the house.

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Settlers who were free, white, and owned land were allowed to elect their representatives to the House of Burgesses, which had exactly 22 members. The Company of Virginia appointed 6 people to the Governer's Council. Over that, the Governor, who was appointed in England, was sent to the New World to represent both the King and Queen. Patrick Henry was the first governor who stayed in the position from approximately years 1776 to 1779. Governors often changed in the colony.

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Virginia's particular political culture emerged from English political practices. The Crown retained ultimate authority until 1776, but royal governors acting on behalf of the Crown shared responsibility with locally elected representatives of the colony's population, the House of Burgesses, and governor-appointed councillors, who formed the General Assembly and enacted laws to govern the colony. Only adult white men who owned land and a few who rented large farms were allowed to vote for representatives in the General Assembly's lower house. Members of the House of Burgesses were the only elected officials in colonial Virginia. Even though only a small percentage of the population could vote, and only an even smaller percentage of the population, the prosperous and educated, were represented in the General Assembly, politics was always a public event, and on election day, many Virginians gathered to watch the voting and enjoy the carnival-like atmosphere.

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The plentiful resources made life more successful for the colonists of Virginia.

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The warmer climates of Virginia made farming easier for the colonists. Although the Summers were very hot, the warmth allowed them to be able to grow crops throughout the whole year including the Winter. The colonists also found that the soil in the new land was very fertile, providing an excellent place to settle down and use as farming space. The region also had many natural resources such as forests, fish, and wildlife that was useful in creating houses, clothing, and food. Since the colonists were plentiful in things such as tobacco plants and livestock, they traded items such as tobacco, cotton, livestock, fruit, grain, and vegetables with other communities. Virginia was also the most successful colony, raising enough to ship 4 barrels of sweet tobacco to England in around 1614. After tobacco became Virginia's cash crop, the profit fueled the colony and its growth.

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Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer and adventure 

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Sir Walter Raleigh came up with the idea of sending an expedition to Virginia around the late 1500s.
He suggested the new land be named after Queen Elizabeth l of England in around 1584. It was because Queen Elizabeth was called "Virgin Queen". She then gave Raleigh permission to colonize Virginia.
The first expedition in 1584 disappeared and was assumed they'd been kidnapped or either killed by the Native Americans living around the area.
Other expeditions that were launched later on survived and were able to make a colony in 1607.