Built on a marsh, this settlement had little soil for farming and a high risk for disease from mosquitoes. This describes which of the original colonial settlements?

Built on a marsh, this settlement had little soil for farming and a high risk for disease from mosquitoes. This describes which of the original colonial settlements?

• A. Plymouth
• B. Jamestown
• C. Roanoke
• D. Massachusetts Bay

Answer: (B)

This question focuses on how where a colony settled affected its survival. A marshy site with little soil for farming creates breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes and makes growing crops very hard, to the point that settlers struggle to survive. Jamestown fits this description: founded along the James River in Virginia, it sat on a swampy peninsula with poor arable land and a high risk of malaria, contributing to early hardships before the colony found stability. Plymouth, Roanoke, and Massachusetts Bay didn’t face the same combination of swampy terrain and limited farming soil as Jamestown.

This question focuses on how where a colony settled affected its survival. A marshy site with little soil for farming creates breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes and makes growing crops very hard, to the point that settlers struggle to survive. Jamestown fits this description: founded along the James River in Virginia, it sat on a swampy peninsula with poor arable land and a high risk of malaria, contributing to early hardships before the colony found stability. Plymouth, Roanoke, and Massachusetts Bay didn’t face the same combination of swampy terrain and limited farming soil as Jamestown.