They will build houses and start their own communities.
Farming, trades, fishing, protection.
They had to work hard for the money and not get fussed from John smith.
The first settlers in West Virginia didn't have many jobs except to farm so they could have food for their families. Settlements were really sparse, so they didn't have as many organized jobs.
the slavery expansion. slaves were forced to work more
Farming
The phrase "no work, no eat" is often attributed to John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown, Virginia. The concept was used to instill the importance of work and self-sufficiency in the early English settlers of America.
Virginia Hamilton's The House of Dies Drear is a work of historical fiction/mystery.
So the settlers didn't have to do most of the work.
The most serious problem in the he early years of Jamestown was that the settlers did not have the pioneering skills needed to survive. They were not used to hard work because most were nobles.
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If you are asking about Jamestown the men who came were there to look for gold for investors and not begin a colony. It wasn't until 1620 that Plymouth colony was established and it was a colony that was to establish a way of living for families.