Inquiry Project by Catherine O'Leary https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac en-us 2016-11-02 23:52:09 UTC 2016-11-03 15:50:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Who planted the tobacco and how he got the seeds.  olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134960685 2016-11-03 00:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134960685 John Rolfe olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134960929 John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers in North America. John Rolfe was also the man that made tobacco a popular trading crop. ]]> 2016-11-03 00:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134960929 olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134961310 2016-11-03 00:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134961310 How John Rolfe came across the seeds.  olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134964222 Rolfe managed to obtain seeds from a popular strain of tobacco to take with him to the colony at Jamestown. The source of the seeds is unknown as the Spanish had imposed a death penalty on anyone selling seeds to a non-Spaniard. ]]> 2016-11-03 01:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134964222 olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134964857 2016-11-03 01:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134964857 Rolfe's plan. olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134965148 Rolfe planned to go to the English Colony with the possession of the tobacco seeds. Following this Rolfe successfully cultivated a more popular starin of tobacco in Virginia. This strain became popular and and it helped make the Virginia Company profitable. ]]> 2016-11-03 01:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134965148 When the seeds were obtained.  olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134970560 John Rolfe obtained Spanish seeds from Orinoco River Valley in 1612. ]]> 2016-11-03 02:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134970560 John Rolfe's expiernments.  olearyc https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134970856 Rolfe experimented with the tobacco and the tobacco ended up being successful and this inspired people to begin planting in land that was available for use. ]]> 2016-11-03 02:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/olearyc/y5cakt1gxfac/wish/134970856