What were the hardships faced by the colonists who settled Jamestown?

Answer 1

Virginian climate is quite unlike England's. They came to colonize expecting to recreate a slice of northern Europe... it did not quite work that way, the crops they wanted to plant just were not adapted to the new land, nor did their animals thrive as they would have under colder climes.

That and the fact that the colonists themselves may not have been the fittest people to create new settlements away from the support of their original civilisation, lacking the full set of skills and equipment to survive on their own, and that their leaders were... well, not fit to lead either.

Answer 2

The Jamestown men came unprepared and settled in the worse bit of land in the whole area. The water was bad, became brackish in the summer, there were disease carrying mosquitos, and they had landed in a Native American empire of 15,000. The men didn't plant crops because they were looking for gold. They were sent by investors to make them rich and not to have a permanent colony. The type of man who was on the ship was a combination of adventurers, soldiers, scalawags, and a Spanish spy. Within 6 months only 34 of the 104 men were left alive.

Answer 3

It was the starving time because they ran low on food

Answer 4

Climate, indian attacks, disease, and alot more.

Answer 5

The Virginia colonies were very successful and didn’t have a limited success.