they grew tobacco
So they could make money off of it.
they grew tobacco
no
they were shipbuilders
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The original purpose of the Jamestown colony was to make money for the Virginia Company.
They made money by shipbuilding, some fur traiding, and fishing/whailing.(:
mostly cash crops like tobacco
selling crab
By fur trading.
To look for gold. They were not out to create a colony.