Early Jamestown Settlers

It can definitely be said that the original purpose of the Virginia was to claim land for England, however, the settlers barely survived the massive starvation rates and when John Rolfe brought over tobacco, it flourished and made a large sum of money for the colonists and england, therefore the purpose of the Virginia Colony was tobacco growing. Before John Rolfe arrived at the town of Jamestown, located in present day Virginia, the settlers had a rough start, a very rough start. The very first settlers of Jamestown arrived in three ship The Susan Constant, The Godspeed and The Discovery. In the winter of 1609 around 104 men and boys arrived in what would become Jamestown, Virginia. When they arrived the settlers made a few foolish
John Rolfe also brought the ever famous tobacco seeds, and it is quite baffling how he managed to obtain these seeds, especially since The Spanish Government had a monopoly on the growth, care, harvest, distribution, marketing, and sale of all tobacco products and the tobacco industry in general. Therefore, it would have been nearly impossible for John Rolfe to obtain the tobacco seeds that he did. Nevertheless, he got the seeds and brought them, them being the tobacco seeds, to the New World. By some miracle, the tobacco seeds sprouted and flourished. The Virginia soil, which was very poor for growing the crops that the settlers brought with them from England, turned out to be absolutely perfect in every way for the growth of tobacco. From then on things changed in the tiny little settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. Because it BOOMED. Everybody flocked to Jamestown from England. John Rolfe helped out even more by marrying Pocahontas, the daughter of the local native chief. John Rolfe married Pocahontas to bring peace to the native and the settlers. Pocahontas was later baptized and renamed Rebecca, she also caused what is referred to as “The Peace Of