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Jamestown: The Early British North American Colonies
Early British North American colonies

Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock, crops, homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases, then when their immune systems built up there become order, governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers, disciplined and sentenced offenders, and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company. They also sold stock to adventurers, and also began to grow tobacco to sell and trade.
Jamestown had a small community with a social structure like any other, with iron workers, craftsmen, farmers, and even slaves. There was family in the rich,

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