More than half of the first settlers of this American colony died of disease or starvation during the 1607-08 winter
The settlers were demanding more food than his people had to spare, so the 
English... [DOC] [TLE] Jamestown, Virginia 1607 England's First Permanent Colony in the ... [PAR] ... including a stop in Puerto Rico, they finally departed for the American mainland 
on April 10, 1607.