The Virginia Company made money from growing and selling tobacco.
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The Virginia Company of London established the first English settlement in the Colony of Virginia in 1607, it was originally named James Fort, and also served as the capital of the colony from 1616-1699.
To make money for the Virginia Company.
The Virginia Company funded Jamestown in 1606 to get money by finding gold
In a word, money. The Compact was a business venture.
The British colony of Jamestown was founded by the Virginia Company of London in order to establish a British presence in the New World. The original entrepreneurs went to explore and establish an English colony.