History GCSE
Tobacco
What Tobacco means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Tobacco
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The crucial cash crop, particularly for Virginia, driving plantation economies and generating immense wealth.
Topics that use Tobacco
- Option P2: Key topic 1: British settlement in North America, 1713–41 - 1 Developments in colonial society (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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