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☆☆☆☆☆The original purpose of the Jamestown colony was to make money for the Virginia Company.
Diseases
The Headright system began in the US state of Virginia.
The Headright system tried to solve the labor shortage problem. It was also a way to attract new colonists. Immigrant colonists were given one headright and could receive one more for each passage they paid for an additional immigrant.
The Headright system also led to too much distribution of land, increasing the tension between the Native Americans and the colonists. It also let to the increase of indentured servitude and slavery.
To increase their wealth and power
Gaining income and raw materials
Religious freedom
The Indian Sea
The most likely reason he described them that way was to make it appear that they would be easy to defeat.
opportunities to make money (apex)
They believed that he and his men were gods, sent from heaven.
Europeans found new opportunities in America.
Tomatoes, Potatoes, Turkeys -Apex
Jamestown
Things once unknown now seem like they have always been a part of many cultures.
