ican Revolution began. A great English merchant marine 

 had, by 1685, come into existence to carry tobacco. 



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ew fields for tobacco 



After three or four plantings 17th century planters 

 complained that their soil was "wore out." They began 

 to move to newer, more fertile fields. As immigrants con- 

 tinued to arrive— there were around 40,000 persons in 



Rolling tobacco to the warehouse 



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