14. "Here are mountains, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, and brooks, all running pleasantly into a faire [beautiful] Bay, compassed [enclosed] but for the mouth, with fruitful and delightsome land." Excerpt John Smith, General History of Virginia, New England ar This source is in the public According to the quote, which best summarizes reasons why the English established the Jamestown, Virginia colony in 1607? A. The availability of natural resources, including fertile soil, promised potential profit.

B. Rivers and brooks led to the development of a profitable shipbuilding industry.

C. The land offered the possibility of gold and other riches that interested the English.

D. The availability of land provided a place for residents to settle and have freedom of religion.

A. The availability of natural resources, including fertile soil, promised potential profit.

Explanation:

Jamestown colony in Virginia was the first settlement in America made by English formed at the beginning of the 17th century. The land where they started the settlement in Virginia was warm and good for agriculture. The soil was fertile, with rivers and valleys.

Because of these factors, the original idea was to plant many crops. The central production would be tobacco fields and framing, which should have provided resources for the Virginia Company of London, the establisher of the settlement. Jamestown was planned to bring lots of profit from farming.

The provided quite also supports that. It lists many of the benefits of the land – how fruitful it is, what good qualities it has, and they are all suggesting good resources, soil, and potential profit.