The idea behind the first official colonial settlement in the Americas was created with the intent to grow, expand, and find a new life in a better place. No matter how well-intentioned the trip to the Americas was, however, the colony to be known as Jamestown was anything but satisfactory. In fact, living in Jamestown forced settlers to attempt to survive under such harsh conditions that for some time, it was uncertain of whether or not the colony would actually make it.
There were multiple things that plagued the settlement at Jamestown settlement from famine to disease, none of which was anticipated by those settling the colony. Reproductive efforts to keep the population going were also thrown into question, as was the ability to procure food and keep up a successful economy. With England's watchful eye not far from the Americas, the settlement at Jamestown had no choice but to survive... But the process it took to get to that point was considered to be one of the cruelest and inhumane periods during America's early settlement history.
