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title: "The colony of Jamestown was established along the James River, on a peninsula. What purpose did this serve?"  
description: "The colony of Jamestown was established along the James River, on a peninsula. What purpose did this serve?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41862/the-colony-of-jamestown-was-established-along-the-james-river-on-a-peninsula-what-purpose-did-this-serve  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The colony of Jamestown was established along the James River, on a peninsula. What purpose did this serve?

The [colony of Jamestown](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42458/what-problem-did-the-colony-of-jamestown-have-because-of-its-location-near-a-swamp) was established along the James River, on a peninsula. What purpose did this serve?\
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