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. After getting to Jamestown on May 14, 1607 twelve days later two colonist had already died because of Native Americans (Doc E). Within another few months Native Americans had killed atlas three more men (Doc E). When May 1610 came around Native Americans had killed at least 150 men from Jamestown (Doc E). This evidence helps explain why so many
