What caused the early settlers in jamestown to have a starving time?

Starving Time. The Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610. ... The colonists, the first group of whom had originally arrived at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, had never planned to grow all of their own food.

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