Recreate The Jamestown Colony

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If I was to recreate the Jamestown colony, my first priority would be to send hard working people. I would make sure those people would have good work ethic and could work together. Some main occupations i would look for in people would be a doctor or nurse in case of any emergencies. A farmer could come in hand with helping grow crops and farm for food , because you need food in order to survive. a man that could build well, also aa blacksmith for any metal needs any women that could sew to create clothes would come in hand. the first thing we would create in our colony would be a garden to harvest crops because food is a main priority. building shelter would be our next step. creating a house for the families brought and in those houses

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