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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry tobacco
t adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that counyears ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James triedrpose, by which no tobacco was allowed to be imported into England except from Virginia and the Somers Isles (Bermudas), and none was allowed to be planted in England. It was also subject to a crown duty of 6d. per pound. In 1624 the King forbade baxing restrictions, it became a source of large revenue to England, amounting in 1676 to $775,000. In 1680 it had fallen in pd at the middle of the last century there were exported to England in three years 40,000,000 lbs., of which about onehalf was re-exported and the remainder consumed in England. The following shows the production in pounds of manufactured tobacco i
United States (United States) (search for this): entry tobacco
, and Carolina. The disappointed planters assembled, and in a riotous manner cut up the tobacco-plants extensively. They were prosecuted. Several of them were found guilty, and, under advice from England, some of them were executed — not for the act of cutting the plants alone, but for a, violation of a colonial act which pronounced the assembling of eight or more persons to destroy crops of any kind to be high treason. It was afterwards cultivated in other English-American colonies, and at the middle of the last century there were exported to England in three years 40,000,000 lbs., of which about onehalf was re-exported and the remainder consumed in England. The following shows the production in pounds of manufactured tobacco in the United States in the calendar year 1899: Chewing, smoking, and snuff286,453,738 Cigars and cigarettes106,855,521 Exports, domestic346,823,677 Exports, foreign1,847,637 —————— Total741,980.57l6 Less imports17,107,839 ——
Jamestown, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry tobacco
or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tried to suppress its inordinate use, and wrote A. Counter-
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry tobacco
not able to buy common necessaries. They petitioned for permission to resort to an old plan for reducing production and so raising the price by a cessation of crops for a year or two. The inhabitants of several counties signed a petition to the governor to call a special session of the Assembly for that purpose. The governor, alarmed by symptoms of a new rebellion, did so (April 18); but that body proceeded no further than to petition the King to order a stint, or cessation, in Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina. The disappointed planters assembled, and in a riotous manner cut up the tobacco-plants extensively. They were prosecuted. Several of them were found guilty, and, under advice from England, some of them were executed — not for the act of cutting the plants alone, but for a, violation of a colonial act which pronounced the assembling of eight or more persons to destroy crops of any kind to be high treason. It was afterwards cultivated in other English-American colonies, an
Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (search for this): entry tobacco
Tobacco, A plant so called by the natives of Haiti, or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tr
Haiti (Haiti) (search for this): entry tobacco
Tobacco, A plant so called by the natives of Haiti, or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tr
William H. English (search for this): entry tobacco
sation, in Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina. The disappointed planters assembled, and in a riotous manner cut up the tobacco-plants extensively. They were prosecuted. Several of them were found guilty, and, under advice from England, some of them were executed — not for the act of cutting the plants alone, but for a, violation of a colonial act which pronounced the assembling of eight or more persons to destroy crops of any kind to be high treason. It was afterwards cultivated in other English-American colonies, and at the middle of the last century there were exported to England in three years 40,000,000 lbs., of which about onehalf was re-exported and the remainder consumed in England. The following shows the production in pounds of manufactured tobacco in the United States in the calendar year 1899: Chewing, smoking, and snuff286,453,738 Cigars and cigarettes106,855,521 Exports, domestic346,823,677 Exports, foreign1,847,637 —————— Total741,980.57l6 Less impo
Walter Raleigh (search for this): entry tobacco
Tobacco, A plant so called by the natives of Haiti, or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tr
Francis Drake (search for this): entry tobacco
Tobacco, A plant so called by the natives of Haiti, or Santo Domingo. It played an important part in the early history of Virginia, and was found there under cultivation by the natives by the first adventurers sent by Raleigh, and by them introduced into England, where its use rapidly increased. Ralph Lane and his companions, who went back to England from Virginia, with Sir Francis Drake, carried with them the first tobacco seen in that country, and Sir Walter introduced it to the Queen and the nobility. When the English became seated at Jamestown, they began its cultivation, and it soon became the staple agricultural product of the colony, and their chief source of revenue. Within less than ten years it became the standard currency of the colonies, by the price of which values were regulated. The standard price was about 66 cents a pound. For the seven years ending in 1621, the annual exportation of tobacco to England from Virginia averaged about 143,000 lbs. King James tr
England (search for this): entry tobacco
eral counties signed a petition to the governor to call a special session of the Assembly for that purpose. The governor, alarmed by symptoms of a new rebellion, did so (April 18); but that body proceeded no further than to petition the King to order a stint, or cessation, in Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina. The disappointed planters assembled, and in a riotous manner cut up the tobacco-plants extensively. They were prosecuted. Several of them were found guilty, and, under advice from England, some of them were executed — not for the act of cutting the plants alone, but for a, violation of a colonial act which pronounced the assembling of eight or more persons to destroy crops of any kind to be high treason. It was afterwards cultivated in other English-American colonies, and at the middle of the last century there were exported to England in three years 40,000,000 lbs., of which about onehalf was re-exported and the remainder consumed in England. The following shows the pro
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