In the early colonial times, each colony made a significant impact on the values that we hold dear in America today. While they all made an impact, three of the colonies stood out in areas that would later come to shape into our democratic society, the colonies being Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and <Tab/><Tab/>Rhode Island, called "Little Rhody" by early colonists, was essentially a big mixture …showed first 75 words of 403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 403 total…to Pocahontas, first introduced tobacco to the settlers in the early 1600's. by 1612, he had perfected the curing and raising of the 'weed' 9as it was commonly called. Very soon, the colonists soon were growing tobacco like wildfire. While Virginia was the first to have sort of an economy, it was also the first to show us what happens when you grow only one crop. <Tab/><Tab/>