They landed during a heavy drought year and obtained their drinking water from the river, which during the drought was quite brackish, making them very ill.
they came back one year later
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the New World. It was founded in Virginia in 1607 by around 100 English colonists. The ships that they came across in were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.
The first year of the Jamestown colony, established in 1607, was marked by significant hardship and struggle. The settlers faced severe difficulties, including a lack of food, conflicts with Indigenous peoples, and disease. By the end of the first year, many colonists had died, and the population had dwindled from around 100 to just 38 survivors. This challenging start highlighted the harsh realities of early colonial life in America.
They were first brought to jamestown in 1619.
Pocahantas helped make peace between The Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan because she had married the English colonist John Rofle in the year 1614. John Rolfe wasn't a colonist!! :)
In 1607 on May 14, Jamestown was founded.
1619!
1619
During Jamestown's first year of being a settlement, only 60 of the original settlers survived. John Smith then took matters into his own hands when he saw the numbers dwindling and brought them back up with the discovery of the cash crop: tobacco. With tobacco, more and more settlers arrived with the desire of growing tobacco crops and owning land beyond belief.
The Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-1610 in which all but 60 of the 215 colonists died. (Wikipedia Starving Time)
The Native Americans taught the colonists a lot about the land and how to survive. Afterwards, many of the Native Americans were displaced.
the state of Virginia in Jamestown in the year 1619