When compared to early and rapid success for the spanish, the english were slow to get their colonies into a profitable state. identify the reasons why jamestown was unsuccessful in the first five years.

Jamestown was unsuccessful compared to the early settlement of the Spanish Empire in Central America. Settlers in the colony affected with diseases like typhoid, malaria, and dysentery, along with famine which resulted in death and illness among them. They also faced the harsh climate with hostile Indians, which sometimes resulted in violent encounters. Also, because they were engaged in finding gold as they heard the Spanish did easily. English colonists were too focused on finding gold than giving much attention to growing crops.

the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.