what challenges did english settlers in north america face?

Answer 1

1. Survival
2. Survival
3. Survival

Answer 2

NASA - Settlement: Harsh Challenges Confront Colonists Settlement: Harsh Challenges Confront Colonists. 04.16.07 ... its 400th anniversary as the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America. ...
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/jamestown-settlement-fs.html

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