Question

Only 38 of the 144 englishmen who made the first voyage to what would become jamestown, virginia, survived the first year. this high mortality rate is explained primarily by

Answer 1

Answer;

-Malnutrition, disease, and the failure to let go of traditional notions of class and labor.

The high mortality rate is explained primarily by malnutrition, disease, and the failure to let go of traditional notions of class and labor.

Explanation;

-The Virginia Company of London paid to transport servants across the Atlantic, but with the institution of the head right system in 1618, the company enticed planters and merchants to incur the cost with the promise of land.

-As a result, servants flooded into the colony, where they were greeted by deadly diseases and often-harsh conditions that killed a majority of newcomers and left the rest to the mercy of sometimes-cruel masters.