Disease and lack of disease prevention caused many of the Jamestown mortalities. Document C states, “Throughout the years of 1607 and 1608, there were only two surgeons and two apothecaries to take care of the sick and prove medication.” With only four people in the medical field, preventing and curing the English settlers was a difficult task to handle. Considering that the English most likely didn’t think that the disease would catch up to them. Document D says, “Between the years of 1607 and 1608 there were 84 deaths caused by diseases spreading and killing the English.”…
However, that was not the reality; as many colonists died within the first 3 years. So why did this happen? Why did so many colonists die at Jamestown? The reason so many colonists died at Jamestown were a bad environment, inferior Indian relations, and poor planning, which led to a lack of food and the spread of disease.…
One of the main reasons why the colonist died was because of the lack of jobs. Among the original settlers in May 1607, only one of them were surgeons. Also, They had zero apothecaries or druggists as they were called. This affected the colonist because if there’s only one surgeon and 110 settlers, that means he can't take of all their needs. To add on, there was no licensed druggists to give them the medicine they need.…
The colonists in Jamestown had to resort to cannibalism to survive during the awful winter known as “Starving Time”. They dug up graves of dead Indians and Englishmen to feed themselves. Jamestown was a colony that was established in early 1607 by English settlers. It was named after King James I and it’s located in present day Virginia. So why did so many colonists die?…
So when they set out to establish a Jamestown settlement the majority of the colonists were met with a horrible fate. Many of the colonists died because…
Their unstable peace with the native Americans that were inhabiting the land. I feel as though the colonists’ lack of skills was the main problem. Therefore, this could have caused the most deaths. One reason why so many colonists could have died was that there was not enough people with the right occupations (Article C). Therefore, many colonists died from disease and the Natives.…
In 1607, Englishmen sailed up the James River because they wanted to find gold, spread Christianity, and to make a trade route to China. Why did so many colonist of Jamestown die? Many colonist in Jamestown died because of three problems. These problems where Native Americans, lack of food, and lack of important occupations. The first reason Jamestown colonist died was because of Native Americans.…
The environment was a huge factor why a lot of people died in jamestown. Another major reason a lot of colonist died in Jamestown was because of their interactions with indians. In document D it says “some harse and crewell dealinge by cutting towe of the salvages heads and other extremetyes”. This shows that the colonists are very cruel to the natives so the natives might fight back. In document E it shows that in Nov.-may…
What was happening to the colonists in 1607? Death. In 1607, one hundred and ten Englishmen arrived in, Jamestown, what is now Virginia. Between 1607 and 1612 many colonists died. To this day this question stands: why did so many people die?…
“A lot of the fresh water was dried up by the 17th century.” says document A. So the colonists could have been dying from dehydration because there was no fresh water to drink. The colonists also dug wells but they “were vulnerable to drought and saltwater intrusion.” So that could also have killed a lot of the colonists.…
Many of English settlers in Jamestown have died, but why? To start, “Starving Time” was a harsh winter for the English colonists. The “Starving Time” was the winter of November-May 1610 (Document E). In this time, about three-quarters (110) of the English colonists in Virginia died of starvation or starvation-related diseases.…
The infamous Jamestown Drought. Document B (a statistic graph) shows the amount of rain in Jamestown over the years, it also includes the Jamestown Drought. We can see the drought causing a major drop in rain for a year. This year probably was full of starvation because the crops couldn’t get any water and extreme dehydration because of the minimal water. The dehydration played a more major effect in the death of all the…
Sadly, there are many reasons that these people could have died on their trip, which range from multiple diseases or starvation. Many Acadians who had survived the trip to the colonies had reflected on getting very little to eat on their journey. The government had apparently given orders that each people should be given “1 lb. Beef 2 lb. of Bread and five pounds of Flour each person per week,…
In early 1607, Englishmen had colonized in the New World, unknowing the difficult life ahead of them. The people were unaware the harsh winters, severe droughts, salt-fresh water transition, and Natives living beside them. Due to their ignorance, it resulted in many colonists to drop dead. In the colony of Jamestown, numerous settlers had died from the starvation and lack of fresh water, disease, and their relations with the Powhatans.…
During 1606 and 1700 settlers flocked to Virginia seeking riches – only to find hardship. However, after many years, the colonists secured a solid social and economic system that would make Virginia one of the most important colonies. Some of the first hardships that the Virginia settlers faced were disease, malnutrition, and starvation. When they arrived, the settlers spent time searching for gold instead of making preparations for the winter to come. Once winter did come, the settlers died with diseases as swellings, and fevers.…