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In June of 1606, King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs, the Virginia Company, to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America. By December, 104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia, find gold, and seek a water route to the Orient. Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could not have been more ill-suited for the task. Because Captain John Smith identified about half of the group as "gentlemen," it was logical, indeed, for historians to assume that these gentry knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a wilderness. Recent historical and archaeological research at the site of Jamestown suggest that at least some of the gentlemen, and certainly many of the artisans, craftsmen, and laborers who accompanied them, all made every effort to make the colony succeed.
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Was the leader of the English colonists in Jamestown?
John Smith was the leader of the Jamestown settlers
What happened to the English colonists in Jamestown?
King James
Did colonists come to the Jamestown colonies for a religiou addressed?
No but your mom did
Why did the colonists of Jamestown send surplus goods to England for trade?
English law required Colonists to trade with England.
How did Jamestown colonists adapt to their environment?
How did Jamestown colonists adapt to their environment?
What was the first English settlement?
Jamestown was the first English settlement. <><><> The FIRST English settlement in what is now the US was Roanoke Island, NC. However, all colonists there disappeared. Jamestown was the first PERMANENT English colony is the US.
What were the people called who came to Jamestown in 1607?
They were called colonist.
How did the goals of the Jamestown colonists differ from those of the Puritan colonists in Massachusetts?
Jamestown didn't come to Virginia to settle to look for gold and not to stay as a colony while the Puritans were there to stay and to create a colony.
Why did English colonists move to Jamestown or to new England?
They came to Jamestown seeking their fortunes. Some of the New England settlers were seeking religious freedom.
Why was forming general assembly an important step for the jamestown colonists?
Sorry but i know now and thank u GOD bless u Jamestown was the River that English colonists at Roanoke in the 1580s entered and explored the region.
What happened in Jamestown in 1607?
In 1607 about 100 English colonists arrived along the west bank of the James river in Virginia. They founded Jamestown on May 13, 1607. It was the first English settlement in North America.
How did the goals of the Jamestown colonists differ from those of the puritan colonists differ Massachusetts?
Jamestown didn't come to Virginia to settle to look for gold and not to stay as a colony while the Puritans were there to stay and to create a colony.
