Question

Why did the English originally establish the colony of Jamestown, Virginia?

To profit from cash crops like cotton and corn
To find gold and riches
To profit from the fur trade
To escape religious persecution

Answer 1

4) To Escape Religious Persecution

It is important to note that all of the original American colonies were established to escape the religious persecution from their original countries of England, France, etc.
Jamestown was no different. Jamestown was the first successful American colony established in April 1607 when the colonists first landed there.
English minister Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) said in his “Discourse on Western Planting”;
“We shall, by planting there in America, enlarge the glory of the Gospel and from England plant sincere religion and provide a safe and sure place to receive people from all parts of the world that are forced to flee for the truth of God’s Word”.