The experiment in Jamestown was important to colonization efforts because

A) it proved that African slaves were not necessary for agricultural success.
B) it provided a blueprint for future colonial governments.
C) it convinced the Indians that the colonists were no threat to their culture.
D) it provided a way for the colonists to exert their independence from England.

Jamestown, established in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Its governance structure, including the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1619 as the first legislative assembly in the American colonies, served as a model for the government of future colonies. This early form of representative government laid the groundwork for the democratic principles that would later be foundational to the United States.