Early English Settlers

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The early English settlers of the Americas couldn't have established successful colonies without the help of the Native Americans. Without the help of the Native americans, the english settlers would have all died of starvation if the Natives didn't give them food, teach them how to trade, and how to farm/grow crops. Soon the English settlers were able to trade with eachother. One of the resources that they traded was tobacco. By 1620, England was importing more than 30,000 pounds of tobacco a year. After 1612, the Europeans learned from the Natives. The Europeans learned about tobacco from the Natives. They also learned how to travel and how to trrap beavers. The Natives learned Christianity. Deer and beaver skins were traded for blankets,

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