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The colonists at Jamestown, the second English colony in what would later become the United States, faced a slew of fatal problems. A prolonged drought that made growing food crops and finding fresh water difficult led to starvation and the drinking of contaminated water,
Growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton overworked the land.
widespread famine and starvation
They were growing food and wheat products. 90% of the people in the colonies were farmers.