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Q: What did Jamestown grow for food?
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What challenges did early Jamestown settlers face?

Jamestown early settlers faced harsh winters and were unable to grow the food they need to survive.


How was Jamestown save?

the Indians helped the colonists by giving them food and supplies and teaching them how to grow maize (corn)


Why was self subtaining agriculture important to the survival of the Jamestown colony?

After they exhausted the food supplies they brought with them, the Jamestown colonists had no ready source of food except for what they could grow themselves or the fish and game they could kill.


What did the Jamestown merchants grow?

nothing


Is it true many of the early settlers of Jamestown were disappointed because their settlement was located in a swamp and it became difficult to grow food?

Yes


What are differences between Plymouth and Jamestown?

Had tobacco to help Jamestown grow and Plymouth had none


How did the Jamestown pilgrims live and survive in the cold winter?

the pilgrims in Jamestown, Virginia lived by having food brought over to them. later on the natives helped the pilgrims by teaching them how to hunt and grow crops.


How did tobacco help Jamestown grow?

it was a cashcrop


How did the Powhatan confederacy help Jamestown colonist?

The Powhatan Confederacy had an extensive trade network with other Indian tribes before Jamestown was settled. When the Jamestown settlers arrived, they traded with the colonists. The settlers traded their metal tools for food and furs.


What crop did Jamestown grow to make money?

tobacco


What kind of climate was Jamestown found?

the climate made it harder for the people crops to grow. it was sooo hot in Jamestown and there is not much rain so the crops didnt grow as well


What was the main reason that the people of Jamestown suffered during the winter of 1609 to 1610?

They failed to bring farmers to grow food.