Question

Initially this seen as a temporary crop until the colonists learned that they could diversify it wine and other food crops. Colonists wanted to grow this crop because it made them money in short time with little investment. What was this crop?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tobacco

Explanation:

Tobacco, grown from seeds stolen from the Spanish, was the cash crop that saved the colonists in the New World. Because growing tobacco required lots of hard work and labor, more people were needed to work in the fields. The more workers one had, the more tobacco they could grow and the greater the profit they could gain.