They did look for gold but they didn't find any.
Gold and a pathway to Asia
looking for gold
Jamestown, Virginia
For better livings and jobs. most was looking for gold
The colonists where looking for gold instead of farming and the colony was in the middle of a swamp.
they ran out of food
Answer this question… Looking for gold
they ran out of food
they ran out of food
they ran out of food (Apez)
When the Jamestown colony was built in Virginia, all the colonists were looking for was gold. When there was no gold found except for pyrite (fake gold), the colonists discovered the cash crop of tobacco. The trade of tobacco raised their profits so much that King James called tobacco the "golden leaf" meaning that the tobacco was there form of gold.
There wasn't a head right system in Jamestown. It was 104 men looking for gold sent by the London company a group of investors.