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What was the purpose of settling Jamestown,Virginia 1607?

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User Manroe
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The Virginia Company of England made a proposition to sail to new land which they named Virginia in honor of queen Elizabeth I. and then to begin a settlement. On May 14, 1607 this became the first permanent British settlement in North America.
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they settled to find gold and to grow an empire
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User Hamidreza Sadegh
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