🏰Jamestown was the first successful English colony in North America, established in 1607 near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia.
💰The main purpose of founding Jamestown was to find gold deposits and establish trade with Asia.
🌽Jamestown struggled with food shortages, as the colonists focused on finding gold instead of hunting or farming.
👨🌾The cultivation of tobacco proved to be a profitable venture for Jamestown, stabilizing the colony's economy.
🗳️Jamestown developed a legislative government, with the Virginia Assembly being America's first democratically elected body.