Tobacco is an American plant that has been used as a cash crop due its high demand worldwide. It's processed into products like cigarettes and cigars.
Imagine tobacco as popular designer clothes. Just like how people around the world want these clothes because they're trendy or desirable, people wanted tobacco products because they were highly sought after.
Nicotine: This is the addictive substance found in tobacco plants that makes smoking habit-forming.
Colonial Trade: Refers to commerce between colonies and their mother countries, often involving cash crops like tobacco.
Indentured Servitude: A system where laborers agreed to work for a certain period (usually 4-7 years) in exchange for passage from Europe to America; many worked on tobacco plantations.
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