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2,300 pounds of tobacco are exported to London from the British colonies.
Date: 1615
Tobacco
Europe
This is in comparison to the 50,000 pounds sent by the Spanish colonies. By 1640, the Virginia colonies are sending a million-and-a-half pounds of tobacco to England.
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