Colonists Perish During The Starving Time

From the DBQ and the video that I watched, read, and analyzed. I concluded all the theories, ways and facts of how and what killed so many of the colonist and this is my essay that includes all my research. On December 1606 the ship set sail from London to find hope, prosperity, and a new life in the New World, not realizing that this task would contain much endurance and perseverance. For they do not see the that there will be a plethora of difficulties to face such as starvation, dehydration, and disease which will lead to their inevitable death. This place is where death lurks and an extreme test against their physical and mental strengths to the absolute wits end that the human body

Colonists and Natives were too confident and they tried to survive in the deathful fighting's and attacks! In 1607 the first English colonists arrived on the James River. They were sent by the Virginia company to find riches like gold, copper, and metal. They brought 104 men with them and three ships: The Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed. When they arrived on the James River they also founded Jamestown which was the first English settlement in 1607 although before the colonists even got to the New World the emperor Powhatan was in power. Although why did so many colonists died in early Jamestown between 1607 and 1611? The reason why so many colonists died in Jamestown between 1607 and 1611 was because of disease, attack of Natives, and drought. So in the next few paragraphs, I will prove using historical evidence that colonists died because of disease, drought, and attacks of natives.

Many Jamestown colonists died because of their lack of preparation. According to the information video, a group of English investors called the Virginia Company paid for this voyage to Jamestown in return for reaping some of the riches collected by the colonists. This idea was widely influenced by the Spanish becoming extremely rich from their successful trip to the New World. In addition, Document A states, that “ahead lay possible riches” for the English men to find. The Englishmen originally did not plan to stay in Jamestown; the reason for sailing to Jamestown was to find gold quickly and return to England to hopefully become as rich as the Spanish. Furthermore, Document C notes that, out of the first supply of men, 43% of the men were gentlemen, who are people defined as a being of wealth not used to working with his hands. In comparison, only about 11% of the original settlers were laborers. This proves that the majority of men lacked actual skill for finding any gold at all, and that there was no way the crew was prepared for this voyage.

One of the reasons why the colonists died in Jamestown was the lack of preparation. An evidence that can support this reason is “No one doubted that this new supply of grain would help, but it would not be enough to last the winter.” (Document D) This evidence supports the reason because the colonists didn’t have enough food. Another evidence is they needed more men because they were dying. (Document E) This evidence supports the thesis because the

The third and final reason of why Jamestown failed so horribly was because of disease. They had 1 surgeon and no apothecary. Also, the triangle shaped fort they made didn't have any plumping, so... where did they put their human waste? They dumped it in the river. But, the area was notorious for having high and low tides. And they and to drink something, but the water was easier to reach at high tides do to their position on the beach. So the high tides brought in whatever they dumped out and they basically consumed their own waste which definitely got them sick. Smart people right?

It usually takes me three hours to starve. The colonists first got here in 1607 on a ship named the Mayflower. Then they settled in what is Jamestown. So why did the colonists die in Jamestown? There were many reasons as to why so many colonists died in Jamestown. Three major reasons are Lack of rainfall, occupation, and how much mortality there was going on.

Jamestown, an English colony, was in a constant spiral of death and struggles that included diseases, lack of resources and the Powhatan (natives) between 1607 and 1611. Diseases including multiple waterborne diseases from brackishness and a few others just in general. The lack of resources that included clean water and food in general as well as people that defended the colony. The colony was also faced with the challenge of the Powhatan from bad trades to war, they were basically rivals the entire time of 1607 to 1611 were there.

The people in Jamestown set themselves up for failure by picking a bad location and not exploring. The settlers just looked around and thought the land looked nice. As archaeologist Dennis B. Blanton wrote in “Jamestown’s Environment”, “The island is not situated at a point of great natural food abundance, especially relative to other locations very close by...Fish are present in the local streams, but only in the spring and early summer…”(Doc. A) Not only was the location bad that the colonists chose, but also there was an awful food supply. The only food supply that the colonists could get was fish and even the food supply of fish was scarce. The fish caught in the early summer would not last till the winter, when starvation was a high risk. Not having a decent food supply for the winter would kill even more people. In addition to not having a good food supply, they also had little to no rainfall. According to the graph of rainfall in Jamestown, “The Lost Colony And Jamestown Droughts” written in 1998, they got 2 inches less than the average rainfall in the

Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonist die? Between 1607 and 1608, 179 settlers were killed from disease. Is this the main reason why so many colonists died? English settlers began arriving on the James River in Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia in the spring of 1607.this was to be the first permanent English settlement in the new world.

Although Jamestown was the first successful English colony, in America most Jamestown colonists died. Life in Jamestown was rough for multiple reasons. Many colonists died in Jamestown during 1607 to 1619 because of water problems, diseases and angry Native Americans. Water problems caused starvation and dehydration. Diseases caused deaths and sickness. Native Americans became enemies with the Jamestown colonists and attacked Jamestown. Thus, many Jamestown colonists were dehydrated, sick and opposed Native Americans.

In Document A it writes, “fish are present in local streams, but only in the spring and early summer are they there in impressive abundance.” (Blanton, 2000) The “starving time” only took place in the winter so this shows that the colonists struggled to find food anywhere around

In 1607 a group of more that 100 English colonists came to what is now Virginia and settles the Jamestown colony.They were far from home and surrounded by the native Powhatan tribe.Why did so many of the Jamestown colonists die?colonists died in early Jamestown Because of three Problems.These problems were Disease,Starvation,and Native Attacks.

There were more reasons why so many colonists died. There was Starving Time, they came during a drought, and the well they had would mix with salt water. The Native Americans in that area that JamesTown was in. They would trade with them for a good deal. But when John Rolfe and Pocahontas left to England. The Native Americans refused to trade with the settlers. With Winter coming and they wouldn’t be able to grow their crops, plus the Native Americans not wanting to trade with them, Starving Time came. There were a lot of settlers that died in the harsh Winter known as the Starving Time. Document B says, “Inference can you make about the cause of this ‘starving time’” (The Lost Colony and JamesTown Droughts). With the settlers having a drought

The reasons that so many colonists died in Jamestown were attacks and ambushes from Native Americans, drought, and disease. Drought in the New World led to many colonists' passing in Jamestown. Document B represents that there were terrible droughts. The graph shows that the rainfall index in 1610 was -2. This was devastating to the colonists and nearly 110 people died of disease and famine that year.

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