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What were problems with the place the settlers chose to build in Jamestown?
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They build in a swamp with high disease rates, which raised the Death Rate.
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What are four reasons the settlers chose Jamestown to settle?
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The selection of a site for Jamestown was primarily based on the settlers?
The settlers chose the location site for Jamestown because they were concerned about defended themselves from attack from other ships. They were pleased to dock their own ships and found a good supply of fresh water in Jamestown.
The Jamestown and New England settlers came for different reasons and landed in very different places .How were their stories experiences similar?
All of both groups were English and that is just about the only thing that was the same. The 104 men at Jamestown were looking for gold and chose the worse land in the area. The New England colony was families who came to build a life.
Why the early European settlers chose to build settlement east of the Fall Line?
American Indians would not let them cross the Fall Line.
Were did Jamestown people live?
The Virginia settlers chose a small island on the edge of the river as the site for their town, which they named Jamestown, after King James I of England. The settlers believed the island would be good protection from Indian attacks. This proved to be not true. In addition, the island was low and swampy. Malarial fevers plagued the colony, and the wells used for drinking water easily became polluted.
What did the Jamestown and Plymouth chose as their leaders?
The Plymouth colony chose their leader as William Bradford and Miles Standish.
What did The first Jamestown Settlers try and find?
The 106 men who arrived to form Jamestown in 1607 were mainly there for adventure and to find wealth. They were a group who knew little about how to form a settlement or the prepare for the conditions they would find. The site they chose to build the fort was very poor with bad water and disease carrying insects. Within 6 months after their arrival the mistakes they made in not planting crops, the bad water and disease had killed over half of the men who arrived on the first ship.
How did the settlers' select the site for Jamestown?
It was a good site to reach by ship, but it was swampy and they didn't realize it has bad water supplies. They really didn't think well when they chose the site and the result was more than half of the 104 were dead within 6 months.
Who chose the Massachusetts state fish?
don't know go ask early settlers:)
Why did the Jamestown settle at manhatten island?
Jamestown settled where it would have the most convenience and access from other cities. They chose Manhattan island because of its natural resources and proximity to the ocean.
Why was drakes circus Plymouth build?
Because the flamingo chose to have a and the
Where was the Panama Canal constructed?
they had to decide to build the canal in Nicaragua or panama they chose to build it in panama .
