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    tried to settle in Jamestown‚ which is located in Virginia‚ but many of the did not survive. Why did so many colonists die? Some of the reasons why the colonists died were because of disease‚ bad water and droughts so they couldn’t grow food. The diseases were bad because the English were coming with disease which was bad because when one person got it pretty much everyone got it. In the summer of 1607 nearly half of the settlers died from disease. In total‚ nearly 130 people died from disease in total

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    Why did so many colonist die in early Jamestown In early Jamestown many people died it was hard there with the droughts that lasted so long and the attacks on the settlers it was pretty harsh back then.A lot of people got killed but not many lived.Those who lived were very fourturnet . Why did so many colonist die in early Jamestown. One reason why the colonist died is the environment‚the water was one of the big reasons why the died .another big reason was the bad conditions such as a long

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    Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? It was a rough beginning with constant deaths throughout the colony of Jamestown. English settlers started arriving at the James River in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia in the spring of 1607. Some hoped for new homes; most hoped to become rich‚ but for the most part‚ the adventure would come to a tragic end. By 1611‚ 400 of the original 500 colonists had died. So‚ the question to be answered is why so many colonists died. The answer is to why

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    Englishmen arrived at what was to be the first permanent English colony in what is now the United States. Of the original 110 settlers‚ only 40 would be alive at the end of December. Why did so many colonist die? So many colonist died due to disease‚ starvation‚ or the weather or seasonal changes. Many of the colonist died due to disease. In document A it says‚ “disease in the early years to Jamestown’s position at the salt-fresh water transition‚ where filth introduced into the river tended to fester

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    already occupied by Indians. In the first shipment of men that landed in Jamestown‚ only 40 survived till December. I think that the reasons many settlers died‚ was because of disease‚ Indians‚ and an undesirable population. Think that people in Jamestown died‚ because of disease. In document A‚ it states that the colonists situated themselves in an area with few reliable sources of fresh water. Almost all of the water around Jamestown was brackish and salty. The high tides rose twice a day‚ which made

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    Breen‚ Brinkley and Morgan are all in agreement that the settlers are unsuccessful in Jamestown because they let their British identity and culture dictate the way the tried to create a new society. Although they are all agreement‚ they all have different depictions as to why their culture led to downfall of Jamestown. Breen argues that Jamestown is unsuccessful because they were unsure how to adapt to the changes and difficulties that came with creating a new society. Breen states‚ “part of the

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    years‚ almost every colonist died in Jamestown. In 1607 English ships sailed The Chesapeake Bay‚ and later made their way to Jamestown in Virginia. Powhatan Indians. By summer of 1609‚ 524 colonists would have arrived in Jamestown. But by 1611‚ over three hundred would be dead! There are three main reasons why this horrible incident happened were; lack of water‚ lack good workers‚ and poor relations with the Powhatan Indians. The water became a major problem for the colonists because it was

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    Colonists came to America in the search for independence from Great Britain. But‚ some may ask the question‚ why? Why did these people want independence and freedom? What was so bad about Great Britain? These colonists were your ordinary people who wanted to live freely however they wanted to. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence that listed multiple reasons why these colonists should be free from Britain’s rule. These people had their unalienable rights which consisted of life

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    The Americans colonists migrated from Great Britain. Their main goal was to expand to make the new world. The British also wanted to create more power and increase wealth they first tried to trade is by trading. They tried trading with Asia but‚ many of the trade routes with Asia were controlled by Muslim countries. So this blocked direct trade between European and Asian nations. European leaders began to look for new sea routes to Asia.They hoped to open new trade markets.Some explorers sailed

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    early years‚ Jamestown nearly failed due to the area in which the settlers chose to place their new settlement and the Virginia Company. Colonists set foot in North America in 1607‚ “the colonists established Jamestown on a site they chose mainly for its easy defense” (Hewitt‚ & Lawson‚ 2017‚ p. 46). The Englishmen were only looking out for their best interest in choosing a place that was easy to defend. These new colonists probably did not realize their mistake at first in placing Jamestown in this certain

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