Which description best fits the first settlers in Jamestown? gentlemen with skills in farming and hunting fishermen and fur trappers ready to work families who hoped to settle on small farms men and boys who hoped to find gold

Men and boys who hoped to find gold.

Explanation:

In the Virginia region was where the first colony or settlement was established, and has since housed a number of people of different nationalities, cultures and religions. It was called Jamestown because it was close to the James River. Within this colony was developed the exploration of minerals, more specifically gold. For this reason, the best answer to your question is "men and boys who expected to find gold."

The unsuccessful search for gold made the colony's situation worse. People no longer lived in community because of their differences. They then began to work for themselves for wealth, which further diminished their ability to relate to one another or to defend one another.

The settlement in Jamestown, America's first permanent group of Englishmen, was founded by just over 100 settlers in 1607. They faced adverse situations such as winter, famine and Powhatan attack. The land of the region was swampy, without precious metals and unfit for agriculture, which left the settlers dependent on supplies sent from the metropolis.

The first settlers in Jamestown were families who hoped to settle on small farms.