University of Virginia Library

QUESTIONS

  • 1. How did the Indians regard tobacco?

  • 2. In what ways did they use it?

  • 3. Who first carried tobacco to England?

  • 4. What nobleman made it popular at the court of Queen Elizabeth?

  • 5. What anecdote is told of him?

  • 6. How was tobacco looked upon by King James and Parliament?

  • 7. Who first began a systematic cultivation of tobacco?

  • 8. What was the result of its increased production?

  • 9. How did it encourage slavery?

  • 10. What effect did tobacco have in shaping the lives of the Virginia
    people?