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What where the colonists looking for when they settled in Virginia?
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Gold and Silver
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How were Virginia and Maryland alike?
Both were settled solely by English colonists.
What was not one of the reasons that the colonists settled in Virginia?
Silver and Gold were found on this site, Which P.S. was not true. It was a myth from the Spanish.
What British territory was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia?
The answer is the lost colony of Roanoke.
People coming from England settled in what area looking for wealthprofit and gold?
Jamestown, Virginia
Who settled in colonial North Carolina?
The British are the ones who colonized North Carolina. However, there were other attempts by countries like Spain to colonize this region.
What people settled in Virginia?
The people who settled in Virginia were a lot of English people.
Why did Virginia colonists want a local government to make their laws?
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Why did the new England colonists come to settle?
They were looking for religious freedom in the Virginia area and were blown off course.
Why did the colonists at Massachusetts Bay fare better at the beginning than the colonist in Virginia?
The colonists at Massachusetts bay fared better at the beginning than the colonists at Virginia because they were much more prepared for winter. The Virginia colonists had not prepared to stay for a long period of time.
Who settled land not given to them?
colonists
What was the first permanent colony settled in Virginia?
it would have been Roanoke but that failed when the colonists returned to a an empty and burned down town, so the first would be Jamestown
What was the name the colony in Virginia that was settled before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth what year was it settled?
Jamestown Virginia was settled on 13 May 1607.
