What saved Jamestown from collapsing?

Answer 1

Many people were involved in the saving of Jamestown. John Smith and Lord De la Ware both made contributions by making the colonists stop looking for gold and start planting crops. They also made the rich tend the fields like the common man. They negotiated with the Indians and traded with them for supplies they needed like food. John Rolfe also introduced tobacco to the land as a cash crop and the profit, made by the tobacco, was enough to keep the funding for the colony coming,

Answer 2

We all know the story of Pocohantas and John Smith them falling in love at Jamestown. Theres your answer Captian John Smith.