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To make money for the Virginia Company.

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The colony of Jamestown was settled by the London Company and sent colonists out to the new land in the 1600's to gain wealth for their company. The company hoped to sell Virginia crops such as tobacco. Problems with the Native Americans hampered the colonists efforts to expand. Finall the British government helped to settle things down.

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What colony was established in 1607?

jamestown


What was the first English colony to be established?

Jamestown


What the first English colony in America?

The first English colony was established on Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, in 1585. A second colony, the famous Lost Colony, was established two years later, but disappeared. A third colony, established in 1607 at Jamestown in Virginia, was more successful.


What colony was established in 1607 on the Virginia coast?

Jamestown


What document established the Jamestown colony?

The Constitution


Which colony was the first colony established?

Virginia. That's where Jamestown was. However, the failed Roanoke, which came before Jamestown, was in North Carolina.


Why was colony of Jamestown established?

To make money for the Virginia Company.


The first English colony established in Virginia in 1607?

Jamestown


How Are Roanoke Different From Jamestown?

Roanoke was the first English colony in America, established in 1585, but it disappeared mysteriously. Jamestown, established in 1607, was the first successful permanent English settlement in America. Roanoke was a failed colony, while Jamestown thrived and grew into a stable colony.


Which colony successfully established a continuous English presence in America?

The Jamestown Colony founded in 1607


What year Jamestown established as the first permanent colony for England?

1607


What established the second colony in America?

Jamestown in 1607 is the first permanent colony, but the second colony if you count Roanoke as the first colony.