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Why did many colonists in
Jamestown starve?

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Answer:

winter of 1609-1610, when food shortages, fractured leadership, and a siege by Powhatan Indian warriors killed two of every three colonists at James Fort. From its beginning, the colony struggled to maintaining a food supply.

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I kinda remember this from school but also searched it up it would of gaven you the answer as well

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