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Food was so scarce in the Jamestown colony that out of every ten settlers died.?
nine
What attracted the settlers to the middle colony's?
they attracted the middle colonies by all of the food and housing around the people
What were the recourses in the southern colony?
food and water
How did the lost colony of ranoke live and survive?
On food and water!
How many settlers died in Jamestown because of scarce food and supply?
During the third winter (1609-1610), known as "the starving time", 154 of the colony's remaining 214 settlers died due to lack of food and medicine. This brought the total deaths to nearly 9 in 10 of the 500 that had originally come to the colony.
How did the goals of Jamestown colony change over time?
Its because the settlers intially had goals in planting crops for food but were really interested in mining for gold
What were some of the problems the first settlers of the Swan River Colony went through?
Distributing the land shelter and food land and labour aborigine tribes environment
What happened to most of the Jamestown settlers when they lacked safe drinking water and healthy food?
Most of the Jamestown settlers died in this period of time, known as the Starving Time.
Why were the early Jamestown full of hardship?
The location of the colony was swampy and filled with malaria-carrying mosquitoes which made the colonists sick with fever. Others got sick from the river water. And the London Company incorrectly told the settlers that the colony would be rich in gold. They spent their days searching for gold rather than building houses and growing food.
What was life like for settlers of Jamestown?
The Settlers did not have enough food so it was diffucul
What were the struggles of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777 and 1778?
death, illness,no food
Which body of water provides a safe harbor and was source of food and transportation for the early settlers?
the Chesepeake Bay.......mostly for a safe harbor
