Which description best fits the early settlers in jamestown? factory workers with no outdoor experience men and women who wanted to be friends with the indians gentlemen without skills or leadership military men prepared to survive in the wilderness

The correct answer is - military man prepared to survive in the wilderness.

Even though the first settlers of Jamestown were young and middle aged man that had military experience, and they were considered as tough man that would be able to survive in the wilderness, it didn't turned out as planned. The first settlers were totally clueless about their environment, they were catching lots of diseases and lots of them died because of that. They were not very efficient in the agricultural field, so they starved very often, and for some time relied on the natives for food. All in all, they were in terrible state, and Jamestown was on the verge of collapse for most of the time.

c) they were beaten and fired from their jobs.