In May 1607 110 English arrived on the coast of Virginia. Early Jamestown was a scarce time many colonist was dying. Many Jamestown colonist were dying because of the harsh environment, bad relations with with Natives, and the colonist also lacked skills. In the DBQ they will explain these reasons.
In the DBQ documents A, B, and E, shows the decrease in early colonist because of harsh environment. The early colonist dumped their human waste in their rivers which made the water not good to use. So their only source of water was salty or carried many diseases because of the human waste