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Why did Jamestown almosted fail?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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The 104 men who started Jamestown were not there to have a colony, but were sent to look for gold. They built the fort on the worse land in the area. Not only were they in an empire of 15,000 Native Americans, bad water, and disease carrying mosquitoes. In 6 months only 34 were left alive.

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