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Jamestown
Jamestown was founded. -
Die For Money
The first year people were very excited to be rich, but everyone decided not to farm. Half of those colonist died and were replaced. Then the winter called The Starving Time came which brought the colonist population to 65 people. -
Tobacco
By 1624 Viginia was producing more than 200,000 lbs of tabacco. -
Tobacco
By the 1680s Virginia was producing more than 30 million lbs ot tobacco per year. This made it very easy for Virginia to become wealthy. -
The Corporation
In today's world people still want to make money. Big companies and corporations take advantage of third world contries and make them work for a very low price. 6.68 minutes can equal 8 cents. These people are paid like that because the corporation wants to make more money by spending less on workers.