How did john rolfe forever change the course of the chesapeake colonies?
a. he realized that cultivating tobacco would be profitable in virginia.
b. he married pocahontas and took her to england.
c. he declared the virginia colony a failure.
d. he became the first governor of the virginia colony.

The correct answer is A) he realized that cultivating tobacco could be profitable in Virginia.

John Rolfe forever changed the course of the Chesapeake colonies in that A) he realized that cultivating tobacco could be profitable in Virginia.

In 1610, John Rolfe arrived at Jamestown. He brought seeds of tobacco from the West Indies to seed in Virginia's plantations. So he started the business of Tobacco in Virginia and the experiment was a complete success to the degree that the crops were so good that tobacco production was exported. By the way, Rolfe married an Indian American named Pocahontas.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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