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Why did jamestown ultimately survive as a permanent settlement

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Oh boy, time to explain jamestown!

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John Smith saved the colony from starvation. He told colonists that they must work in order to eat. John Rolfe had the colony plant and harvest tobacco, which became a cash crop and was sold to Europe.

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