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How did Jamestown became a rich colony?

No other colony was able to harm Jamestown. They also had a good water source/route. Jamestown can contribute most of their success to John Smith and John Rolphe. John Smith made sure everybody worked. John Rolphe started tobacco planting.


What was the purpose of north Carolina?

What is now North Carolina includes Roanoke, our first colony but since the people disappeared, Jamestown became the first English colony. England wanted to get rich like Spain did with colonies.


What led the London company to tell settlers that Jamestown would be rich in gold?

it was a popular myth at the time that the region had gold and/or it was an incentive to get more settlers in the colony.


In Jamestown the first permanent English in the new world was founded by who?

London Company. They were a group of investors who sent 104 men to look for gold. The intent was not to establish a colony, but to make people rich. The outcome of the colony was an accident.


What made Jamestown colony unsucessful?

Jamestown was built in a swamp. Although it kept natives at bay, the soil was bad and disease and disease carriers were in no short supply. The original settlers were of an upper class and had never had to work before, making them lazy. The colony managed to have some success when John Rolfe introduced tobacco, a get-rich-quick variety of crop.


What was Jamestown's goals?

To find gold and get RICH


Why were the early Jamestown full of hardship?

The location of the colony was swampy and filled with malaria-carrying mosquitoes which made the colonists sick with fever. Others got sick from the river water. And the London Company incorrectly told the settlers that the colony would be rich in gold. They spent their days searching for gold rather than building houses and growing food.


What type of plant could prosper in a forest environment with rich soil?

bush dasies


How was the land and geography in colonial Virginia?

The Virginia Colony, as part of the south, had very hot and humid summers. It also had significant rainfall, which did make it a good area for farming.


What was the reason for establishing Jamestown?

To look for gold and become rich


How did Jamestown settlers aimed to get rich quick by?

They thought there was gold.


Was the Virginia colony rich?

yes