The Virginia Company of London (a private stock holding company) received a charter from King James I and establishes the Jamestown settlement on the Atlantic coast of North America. Tobacco would soon be the new colony’s main export.
Source: Jamestown Questions and Answers (n.d.). Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
| Drugs: | Tobacco |
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| Regions: | USA (United States of America) |
| Topics: | Cultivation, production and trade |
