Many colonists did not get the chance to settle themselves in early Jamestown. Issues took place on their journey to a new world. Three important areas affected the colonist’s lifespan. The environment, settler’s skills and relations with the Indians all had an impact on their survival. Very many different aspects of responsibility fit these categories of the very few that survived. The environment wasn’t the best land to go to for a new settlement. Within the first couple months of finding land, there was a drought. According to Document B, 1600 to 1610, the Jamestown drought, was at one of its rock bottoms. On top of the drought, the brackish water also contributed. “Because the adjacent river and creeks became brackish as water levels
