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spoke back when they were insulted They worked They never took days off that were not on the

They had to work in Tobacco field 6 days a week and 12 hours a day

encouraged to leave their lower paying jobs to work in industry and take over jobs previously

The continuous cycle of inflammation of tobacco and the increase of tobacco coming into the market meant that more laborers needed to work on tobacco plantations.

to work in factories. They used the children to work in the factories which in return made problems

workers. They were desperate to keep their jobs and make a living for their families so they did

Expanding upon the point of them working from sunrise to sunset is that they were allowed to have

rules of life set up for them. The workers left when they made enough to

colonists took an interest in the tobacco and smoked it themselves but found it to be bitter tasting and weak. Looking to improve the taste of this Native American plant they started to mix it with a sweet tobacco that they had imported. While the Native Americans used tobacco for religious and ritual reasons the colonists in Virginia smoked pipes as a mark of a gentleman (Cordry 3). But the colonists did not keep this plant to themselves, Christopher Columbus introduced tobacco to Europe in the 1490’s, and soon after Jean Nicot introduce tobacco to France, who then nicotine was named after in 1556. Spain, Portugal, and England soon caught on to this trend and began using tobacco in 1565 (Connolly 13). As tobacco made its global rise to fame, many doctors began to use it as a medication for things such as “griefs” of the stomach, snakebites, toothaches, joint pain, and a dry scalp. William Byrd was one man in particular who tried to promote general wellness to the public, convincing people to follow in his example by hanging tobacco leaves next to their

According to archaeological studies, cigarettes are wild plants in the Americas from around 8,000 years ago. About 2,000 years earlier cigarettes were chew and attracted by Native Americans, especially as at religious ceremonies. The first European to discover the main tobacco was Christopher Columbus, who discovered America in the late 15th century and early 16th century. In 1531, tobacco was brought back to Europe and was first planted in Santo. Domingo (now part of the Republic of Dominique) and later spread throughout Europe. In the seventeenth century, cigarettes also followed the westerners to Asia. If ealier the use of cigarettes was relatively diversified from vacuum aspiration to smoking, chewing and inhaling, in the second half of the nineteenth century, when tobalco was manufactured that made cigarette production became easier and quicker. The first machines produced an average of

Their labor was necessary because wages rose only to a subsistent level. It was either work in appalling surroundings or die of starvation.

Just like any culture, depicting what is sacred and what is not is always a constant battle. To be exactly sure where and when it started is very broad, due to the fact that Native American people revolve around an oral history, but is present is all history that is known today. There is not any solid evidence on traditions or cultures that Native American people practiced before European settlers moved in. More or so, what is known about traditions has been made aware from recent history. A very interesting aspect of tobacco is that it is widely used in several Native American tribe’s ceremonies, from Three-Affiliated tribes in Washington all the way to the Seminole tribe in Florida, tobacco is present in traditional ceremonies. In the article “Holy Smoke: Tobacco Use Among Native American Tribes in North America” states, “the tobacco used by these Naïve American nations was of the variety Nicotiana rustica. It is a variety that has a higher nicotine content than other varieties of tobacco: 3.9-8.6% in the dried leaves as compared with Nicotiana tabacum with 0.05-4%” (Godlaski, 2). These two strains of tobacco are commonly found in South America, raising the question of how tobacco became so widespread amongst Native American populations in North America. Transportation of the seeds could have been through birds or land animals, but is highly unlikely. The appearance of tobacco in Native American

Tobacco has been around for many years. Tobacco was usually harvested and used by the Native Americans for religious and medical purposes. It wasn’t until settlers from the countries across the globe came and found it to be their main source of money if it was crop grown. They would chew it or put it into a pipe:

Tobacco’s origin is very deep that “tobacco is a plant that grows natively in North and South America. It is in the same family as the potato, pepper and the poisonous nightshade, a very deadly plant” (University of Dayton). When Christopher Columbus came to this new world in 1492, he was offered some sort of tobacco leaves by the American Indians that he did not know about this plant (University of Dayton). After this invention, sailors and traders brought it to Europe, and they planted it all over the European soils. It grew in the European soils like cats and dogs. At that time, tobacco became famous because it was thought that it “could cure almost anything, from bad breath to cancer” (University of Dayton). Moreover, “in 1571, a Spanish

The tobacco of the south has shaped the United States in history and today. The tobacco plant was discovered by Christopher Columbus, and he then brought it back to England when he returned from his voyage. England began to be addicted to tobacco. Its residents spent more than 200,000 euros on the crop a year in the 1600’s (“History 1492-1762”). Since the discovery of the tobacco plant, it has been well sought after and a large cash crop. Big tobacco companies attempt to hide the real effects of smoking their products, and aim their campaigns toward teenagers. Tobacco had been present since the discovery of the western hemisphere; it has shaped history with its addictive nature and was one of the first addictive substances.