The First English Settlement in North America: Jamestown

It was built on a peninsula for defense

It was located in the mountains

It was surrounded by a desert

It was built underground

To compete with Spain and France

To increase wealth and power

To escape religious persecution

To find new business opportunities

Finding gold

Trading with Native Americans

Growing crops to sell

Building factories

It could be easily defended from attack by sea

The water was deep enough for ships to dock

There was a good supply of fresh water

It was close to gold mines

They provide clues about the interactions of the English, Africans, and Indigenous people in early Virginia.

They show that Jamestown was never inhabited by Indigenous people.

They prove that Jamestown was always an island.

They reveal that Jamestown was founded much later than previously thought.

It was the first successful English colony in North America.

It was the first Spanish settlement in North America.

It was the first French settlement in North America.

It was the first English settlement in South America.