No
CORN!
The first settlers to Jamestown, Virginia were impoverished aristocrats searching for gold.
tobacco
they looked for gold
tobacco
for gold
They did look for gold but they didn't find any.
gold
To find gold and get RICH
Searching for gold.
When the Jamestown colony was built in Virginia, all the colonists were looking for was gold. When there was no gold found except for pyrite (fake gold), the colonists discovered the cash crop of tobacco. The trade of tobacco raised their profits so much that King James called tobacco the "golden leaf" meaning that the tobacco was there form of gold.
YES!!!!! There was gold indeed because during the 1600s Jamestown, Virginia was abundant with gold.