why did many of the early settlers of jamestown starve to death
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The colonists , the first group of whom had originally arrived at Jamestown on May 13 , 1607 , had never planned to grow all of their own food . Their plans depended upon trade with the local Powhatan to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships from England . Lack of access to water and a relatively dry rain season crippled the agricultural production of the colonists . Also , the water that the colonists drank was brackish and potable for only half of the year . A fleet from England , damaged by a hurricane , arrived months behind schedule with new colonists , but without expected food supplies . 
The colonists , the first group of whom had originally arrived at Jamestown on May 13 , 1607 , had never planned to grow all of their own food . Their plans depended upon trade with the local Powhatan to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships from England . Lack of access to water and a relatively dry rain season crippled the agricultural production of the colonists . Also , the water that the colonists drank was brackish and potable for only half of the year . A fleet from England , damaged by a hurricane , arrived months behind schedule with new colonists , but without expected food supplies .
Their plans depended upon trade with the local Powhatan to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships from England.
A fleet from England, damaged by a hurricane, arrived months behind schedule with new colonists, but without expected food supplies.
Their plans depended upon trade with the local Powhatan to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships from England . A fleet from England , damaged by a hurricane , arrived months behind schedule with new colonists , but without expected food supplies .