What was the purpose of settling jamestown,virginia 1607?

They settled to find gold and to grow an empire

The Virginia Company of England made a proposition to sail to new land which they named Virginia in honor of queen Elizabeth I. and then to begin a settlement. On May 14, 1607 this became the first permanent British settlement in North America.

3, many invasions from the Ottoman Turks resulted in the rapid decline of the Byzantine empire, 450 AD to 1454 AD

4 Many plagues, brought over from the Turks erupted in citys like Athens and Constantinople, killing a good chunk of the Empire's population