One reason that northerners lost interest in Reconstruction was because "B. Northerners were focused <span>on the political corruption plaguing the nation," since this was during the Progressive Movement. </span>
lack of food supplies - had no farmers
getting ill because of brackish drinking water
hostile indians
arrived in winter so they couldn't plant crops
cold, hungry, sick
many died
1/2 of the colonists died the first winter
most had to stay on the Mayflower for a month while a settlement was site was chosen
little food and few supplies
