Why did the Jamestown settlement almost fail?
Settlers hunted for gold rather than plant crops.
The settlement was led by Henry Hudson. Fur trading replaced farming as the main industry.
Henry Hudson????
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Huh? Where did these answers come from. The settlements depended on supplies coming in, and a hurricane caused the supply ships to be ran aground in the west indies. Folks in Jamestown went into starvation for lack of supplies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia#Starving_Time_and_Third_Supply_.281609-1610.29
I the colonists were not agriculturally inclined, and they depended on indians for food. Relations soured.
Now the Henry Hudson answer is clearly wrong. So back to the first answer.
The investors who funded the Jamestown expedition had instructed the settlers to seek gold and a water passage to the orient. It is unclear if the settlers really took that mission to heart,and it is clear they were most unsuited for those tasks if they wanted to do it. Many were from the "gentry", and had never done a lick of work in their life.
So the first answer is very poot, but the best answer given.
the people in that setlement tried to get gold istead of farming
The correct answer is: Settlers hunted for gold rather than plant crops.
To arrive at this answer, we can eliminate the other options provided and focus on the one that best explains why the Jamestown settlement almost failed.
The choice "The settlement was led by Henry Hudson" can be eliminated because Henry Hudson did not lead the Jamestown settlement. He was a British explorer and navigator who is known for his voyages to discover a Northwest Passage to Asia, but he had no direct involvement with the Jamestown settlement.
Similarly, "Fur trading replaced farming as the main industry" is not the reason why the Jamestown settlement almost failed. While the Jamestown settlers did engage in fur trading with Native Americans, it was not the main industry that caused their struggles.
This leaves us with the option "Settlers hunted for gold rather than plant crops," which is the correct answer. When the Jamestown settlers arrived in 1607, many of them had hopes of finding gold and becoming rich quickly. However, the focus on finding gold led them to neglect planting crops and establishing a sustainable food source. As a result, they faced severe food shortages, starvation, and disease, which nearly caused the failure of the settlement. It was only through the efforts of Captain John Smith and the introduction of tobacco as a profitable cash crop that Jamestown was able to survive and thrive.