Jamestown Influence

The imports and exports of Jamestown are of great prominence to the history of the United States because it set up the standing between England and the colonies, along with set a standing for one of the most lucrative businesses, tobacco, and colony the new world had seen. Jamestown would lead the way as an example for following English colonies to arise.

The new world was presented with so much hope of growth and prosper. When England’s charters sent out men, they had hoped to bring back treasures of gold and silver. England had hope to become a superpower that had greatly surpassed their competitors through the mentality of bullionism. The race to the promise land was a lot more difficult than first idyllic. Each and every colony that was attempted had failed. It was not until Jamestown that a colony had any chance of surviving much less thriving.

England sent men but of those men none was considered

When John Rolfe arrived in Jamestown, he saw the Indians tobacco and decided he wanted to grow it as well. But he knew that the tobacco of the Indians would not see well in Europe, so he purchased some seeds from the Spaniards, even though the selling of the seeds was against the law. John Rolfe soon became the first to grow a successful crop of tobacco by the European colonists. Soon more and more colonist were growing the crop. The tobacco was transferred to England and is marked as one of the major reasons for Jamestown's survival. Farmers began to grow as much as they could. Tobacco was growing in the streets. A law had to be passed to force farmers to grow food as well along with the tobacco. With all the profit that James town was receiving they were able to slaves from the West Indies, and purchase women from England. (England was the only group of colonies that had women which led to a larger expanding