Why did the Jamestown settlement almost fail?

Question

Settlers hunted for gold rather than plant crops.
The settlement was led by Henry Hudson. Fur trading replaced farming as the main industry.

Answer 1

Henry Hudson????

http://www.google.com/search?q=jamestown+settlement&oq=jamestown+se&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.5437j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

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Answer 2

Huh? Where did these answers come from. The settlements depended on supplies coming in, and a hurricane caused the supply ships to be ran aground in the west indies. Folks in Jamestown went into starvation for lack of supplies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia#Starving_Time_and_Third_Supply_.281609-1610.29

I the colonists were not agriculturally inclined, and they depended on indians for food. Relations soured.

Now the Henry Hudson answer is clearly wrong. So back to the first answer.
The investors who funded the Jamestown expedition had instructed the settlers to seek gold and a water passage to the orient. It is unclear if the settlers really took that mission to heart,and it is clear they were most unsuited for those tasks if they wanted to do it. Many were from the "gentry", and had never done a lick of work in their life.
So the first answer is very poot, but the best answer given.

Answer 3

the people in that setlement tried to get gold istead of farming