Of the 110 settlers who arrived in May 1607, over half of them had died by December. This was due to poor protection from the cold winter that had a massive impact on children and the elderly.
Many of the passengers died due to scurvy.
Overall, it was a gruelling journey and not easy even in summer times. Winter, itself brought with it a lot of diseases.
Whoever died on the ship, their dead body was thrown over in the Ocean, as was the custom. However, their clothes and belongings were still left on the ship to be used by others.
These provided evidence of tens of people who could not make the journey.
The main way in which Roosevelt changed the role of the U.S. president during the New Deal is that he became extremely "active" in the US economy and social structure--in that through the New Deal the federal government played an unprecedented role in helping the economy recover from the Great Depression.
Critics of the Articles of Confederation argued that it was far too "weak" in the sense that it didn't give the federal government enough power over the states. This became especially evident after Shays' Rebellion, which proved very difficult to put down.
