Jamestown Gold Research Paper

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Many of the earliest English explorations were gold-seeking adventures who were part of the English gentry who had come to find their own riches. Upon their arrival to Jamestown, they were anticipating gold findings for profitable trade, and a ticket to China to only be disappointed with their assumptions. Instead, they were ill-prepared for their new life in the New World. It’s not necessarily surprising given their lack of experience and skillset, considering the survival rate for the first settlers was incredibly lower, less than 10% to be exact. However, within the first decade it was discovered that tobacco grew extremely well in Virginia’s climate. This quickly became Virginia’s “gold”, but required cheap labor. The first cheap labor

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