<P> The tobacco colonies were those that lined the sea - level coastal region of English North America known as Tidewater, extending from a small part of Delaware south through Maryland and Virginia into the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina (the Albemarle Settlements). During the seventeenth century, the European demand for tobacco increased more than tenfold . This increased demand called for a greater supply of tobacco, and as a result, tobacco became the staple crop of the Chesapeake Bay Region . </P> <P> The development of tobacco as an export began in Virginia in 1614 when one of the English colonists, John Rolfe, experimented with a plant he had brought from the West Indies,' Nicotania tabacum . In the same year, the first tobacco shipment was sent to England . The British prized tobacco, for it was a way to display one's wealth to the public . Only those of high status could afford the new product . </P>

Where was tobacco grown in the 13 colonies
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