The "Starving Time" in Jamestown During the Winter of 1609-1610

question 96

Multiple Choice

The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610 was partly the result of

• A)colonists being kept barricaded in their palisade by local Indians.
• B)the extermination of the Indians who used to grow crops.
• C)an influx of rats from settlers' ships that ate much of the stored grains.
• D)a drought that led to crop failures.
• E)the sinking of the colonists' supply ship in the Atlantic.

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