Tobacco production in virginia: a. benefited from the endorsement of king james i. b. enriched an emerging class of planters and certain members of the colonial government. c. was under the control of two planters, walter raleigh and the earl of kent. d. declined after its original success, as europeans learned the dangers of smoking. e. resulted in more unified settlements, to tobacco’s propensity to grow only in certain areas of virginia.

Option:  b. enriched an emerging class of planters and certain members of the colonial government.

Explanation:

Tobacco in Virginia was considered to be the gold which helped the settlers to survive and prosper in the colonies. The successful of tobacco cultivation helped the settlers in converting into planters with large acres of land to cultivate and helped them in emerging in a new class in the colonial period and also helped in establishing the first colonial legislature as the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619.  

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