Question

Explain the causes and effect of “starving time” on the Jamestown colony?

Answer 1

Answer:

mid-August some of the ships arrived at Jamestown with 300 colonists and few supplies. ... Starvation weakened the colonists and led to sicknesses such as dysentery and typhoid. The colonists ate shoe leather and butchered seven horses brought from England the summer before on the ill-fated fleet.