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What factor contributed to the high mortailty rate of the englishmen who made the firs voyage in 1607 to what would become jamestown, virgina?

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I believe the answer is "smallpox".
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Not sure if the Englishman had a high mortality rate but the Indians had the smallpox that killed a lot of their population l.
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