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Tobacco: Columbian Exchange
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Other countries that profitted
- Spain
- Portugal
- France
- United States
Effects of Tobacco
- Deforestation
- Lack of biodiversity
- Soil erosion
- Water pollution
- Increase of atmosphere carbon dioxide
Profit
France & England
France
- French royals obtained tobacco from de Villemain in 1561
- They liked it :D a lot.
- Very very profitable
- Considered a cash crop
- Tobacco was used in addivtive substances so people were buying it in bulk.
- In some parts of the world it was used as a currency substitute.
- As tobacco was mainly farmed by slave labour, farmers didn't have to pay for labour.
England
- English sailors recieved it from English explorer Sir John Hawkins in the 1580s.
- By the 17th century through the spread of sailors and their tobacco habits it spread to all of Europe.
Originated
North America
- Mississippi River Valley
Middle America
- Mayans
South America
Indigenous tribes used as an hallucinogen and painkiller during religous cerimonies.
Initially Spread
Culture
Ex 1:
Doctors claimed smoking tobacco had medicinal properties.
Caribbean
- Cuba
Through the trading posts, received by French ambassador to Portugal, Jean Nicot de Villemain (NICOtine) who then sent it to French royalty.
Also spread through Portugese trading posts.
Ex 2:
Revolutionary War -
Used by revolutinaries as collateral for the loans they were getting from France
Ex 3:
Used as currency for:
Business transactions, debts, fines, and fees.
"In terms of tobacco"
Tobacco: Columbian Exchange
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