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would have been abandoned were it not for the timely arrival of a supply mission from london headed by a new governor, lord delaware, who brought suppliers and additional settlers, and required a renewed attempt. in the group that almost left was a colonist named john rolfe, who had untested new tobacco
already died since he had left london more than a year earlier. the colonists tried many industries, such as silk , wheat , glass , timber , and cotton , but none were profitable enough in export to sustain the colony. however, after colonist rolfe successfully developed and exported his strains of tobacco...
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