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they grew tobacco
So they could make money off of it.
they grew tobacco
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they were shipbuilders
The original purpose of the Jamestown colony was to make money for the Virginia Company.
mostly cash crops like tobacco
They made money by shipbuilding, some fur traiding, and fishing/whailing.(:
selling crab
By fur trading.
To look for gold. They were not out to create a colony.