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John Rolfe

John Rolfe (c. 1585 - 1622) was one of the early British settlers of North America.

Rolfe was born in Norfolk, England. Rolfe settled in Jamestown, Virginia in 1609, where he is credited with being the first to commercially cultivate Nicotiana tabacum tobacco plants in North America; this turned the colony of Virginia into a profitable venture.

In 1614 Rolfe married the Native American princess Pocahontas, who died after he brought her to England. The marriage helped bring peace between the Native Tribes and the British settlers of Virginia for a generation.

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