Without a doubt, the United States has never really lived up to the ideals of the Declaration. Historians, myself included, are quick to point out that Thomas Jefferson enslaved several hundred human beings when he crafted the Declaration.
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
Georgia's reaction was to not get rid of slavery
