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During 1607-1611 of former(a) Jamestown, Why Were So Many Colonists Dead? King James I sent 110 people over for a new start of life. The facemen arrived to Jamestown believing that they would baffle gold and a new path of freedom with government and religion. Most of the colonist died during the early years of 1607-1611. No skills for the New World afterwards made the colonist save a hostile relationship with the Native Americans and the environment that they werent resistive for lead to their deaths. Many colonists died because they had no skills to survive in a new place.According to the First and Second Jamestown transport List in Document C, 47 of the 110 colonist were Gentlemen in May 1607. These Gentlemen came to Jamestown with the belief that they would find wealth. The Gentlemen, including other colonists, didnt know how to farm or hunt. They traded with the Powhatan Confederacy for food but that got old, and the Indians later personate a stop to the trade for the En glishmen to Starving Time in 1609. Also, there was only 1 doctor. Therefore, if individual got sick they would have a way bigger chance of dying than seeing that 1 doctor.The evidences helped apologize why so more colonists died because the inexperience of the colonist led to them not being able to nutriment themselves. The Native Americans were antagonistic to the colonists. The Virginia Adventures in history D says, Though West was able to load his (small ship) with grain, the victor involved some harsh and Crewell dealinge by cutting towe of the Salvages heads and other extremetyes. Instead of the colonist finding and development their own food they killed 2 Indians. This was probably one reason why the Indians would attack the colonists.On document E, Chronology of English Mortality in Virginia, 1607-1610 there was a first ever Indian attack at gather James and 2 people died. If the colonists and the Indians had a different start of relationship, there wouldnt be that ma ny people dead. The Englishmen couldve conditioned skills from the tribes. The Englishmen and the Indians would perhaps have a different relationship. The environment had a big event on the death of many colonists in early Jamestown. In The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts in document B it shows that there was a drought around 1605-1615.There wasnt enough water to drink, let exclusively grow crops or livestock. People also died because of diseases including malaria, scurvy, and dysentery. There were also other sicknesses that the Englishmen werent immune to. When indisposition struck the colonists, there was only one doctor and that was the same as not having any. The water was rattling filthy. Document A states that, Because of the adjacent river and creeks became brackish as water levels rose, reliable sources of fresh water would have been scarce by the seventeenth century This made the risk of getting a disease high than not having water at all.The environment was a major death factor even if they learned how to plant or grow livestock. If the colonists were able to support themselves then more would have survived. The death of so many colonists in early Jamestown was mostly cause by the environment and the unfriendly relationship between the early settlers and the Native Americans that was triggered by the colonists not being able to support themselves.