Question

2 what was the primary purpose of the english settlement of jamestown, and how successful were the colonists in achieving that goal in the first twenty years?

Answer 1

As in other attempts at settlement, two of the primary goals were to find gold and to find a water route to Asia. The original Jamestown was also intended to be strategically located far enough from the James River that it would not be in the firing range of ships belonging to hostile powers such as Spain.