Come live at Jamestown, Virginia there are a few reasons to live here the first reason is that they served as a capital of the colony for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699. Second reasons is the natives initially welcomed and provided crucial provisions and support for the colonist. Third reason is Jamestown Island, is a cooperative effort by Jamestown National Site. Here are six sentences telling you facts about Jamestown. About 20 years after the failure at Roanoke, England’s King James 1 gave permission for a settlement in North America. The Virginia Company sent about 100 settlers. Disease and hunger killed most of the colonists, and only 83 men survived eight months after the start of Jamestown.