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Foundation of Jamestown
Jamestown was founded in hopes of finding gold. However, no gold was found, but tobacco was found. This was seen as an opputunity to make money. Jamestown later became the most successful colonization of the new world. -
Malaria and Disease
One thing that caused the Colony to not be as profitable as possible was the constant threat of mosquitos. These mosquitos carried disease and other insects bagan to infect the food. Within 1 year over 100 colonists were dead. This halted the success of Jamestown because with less colonists, less money was made. -
Jamestown has been re-supplied
By 1617, Jamestown had been repeatedly re-supplied with food and men—and yet it still hovered on the edge of starvation. They gained over two hundred more men and shad food re-supplied and were still short, the only thing keeping Jamestown afloat was the income from tobacco. This helped the success of JAmestown because this increased the tobacco sales. -
Economy Crash in 1660
By 1660, Virginia's society and economy had begun to take a turn—land became more scarce as the population grew, the transition from independent farming became more difficult, and political power became less accessible. This paused the success of Jamestown and caused a substantial termination in the income. -
1675 Jamestown is the Wealthiest
By 1675, Jamestown had become Great Britain's most wealthy American Colony, giving more than ten million pounds of tobacco to England per year. The tobaccois the key reason that jJamestown was successful.