What was cuba's status after the spanish-american war? it was completely free to do what it wanted when it wanted. it was a u. s. state temporarily in the early 1890s. it was a commonwealth of the united states. it was a u. s. protectorate.

- tobacco.

- "rolfe reacted to consumer demand by importing seed from the west indies and cultivating the plant in the jamestown colony. those tobacco seeds became the seeds of a huge economic empire.the tobacco economy rapidly began to shape the society and development of the colony. growing tobacco takes its toil on the soil."

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