Because England thought they would have as much power as the native Americans.
some of the English grew tobacco
because!!!
No. The first settlers of Jamestown were all white males sent by a company in Britain (forgive for forgetting which one.)
help with costs
The battle of saratoga
skilled workers
the virginia company
in 1607 the Virginia Componay sent its first colonists to Virgina.
The first colonists were the British convicts, officers and marines, some of whom had wives and children, thereby making up the small component of free settlers.
They were looking for gold.
Savannah. ~
Jamestown was the first settlement in the English colony of Virginia. Sir Thomas Gates was the governor of the settlement after succeeding the inept George Percy.
Savannah. ~
Savannah
The battle of saratoga
In early 1607, the Virginia Company sent about 100 colonists to Virginia, a region discovered and named by Raleigh two decades earlier. The colonists started a settlement about 60 miles from the mouth of the James River, in the Chesapeake Bay region. The settlers called the new village Jamestown in honor of their King, James I.
The Roanoke Colony's failure is attributed to factors such as lack of adequate supplies, communication breakdown with England, and possible hostilities with Native American tribes. The exact circumstances of its disappearance remain a mystery to this day, with the colony disappearing sometime between 1587 and 1590.
Lieutenant James Cook claimed the eastern seaboard of Australia in 1770, naming it New South Wales. The First Fleet of English convicts, together with officers, marines and their families, arrived in 1788.
No. The first settlers of Jamestown were all white males sent by a company in Britain (forgive for forgetting which one.)