Jamestown
In 1607, gentlemen sailed to the new world hoping to find riches. They found a town in Virginia and named it James town after king James. The land was a swampy wilderness. The lazy men did not want to work. Within a few months half the men had died. Powerfully John Smith, who was in control, made a wise rule: "who shall not work will not eat". They never found gold but they found tobacco. They sold it to England by the ton. Jamestown is now famous for being the first permanent English settlement.
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