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What do historians believe the cause of violence was in Jamestown?

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Answer:The English colonists isolated the Native Americans, burned down houses, and stole their food supplies. The English violence alienated the natives further and they laid siege to the Jamestown fort for several months. Unable to secure more food supplies, many colonists died during the "Starving Time" in 1609–10.

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