IN TRYING TO LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR THE COLONY THEY HAD HURT AMERINDIAN RELATIONS SEVERELY THEY FORCED AND EXTRAPOLATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION. JOHN SMITH’S COLONY A COUPLE DECADES LATER DID THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THEY DISCOVERED ALL SORTS OF TROUBLES BUT RATHER THAN WAIT TO SORT THEM OUT THOSE IN CHARGE FORCED THE COLONISTS THERE (LITERALLY), THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD BETTER ASSIGNMENTS MADE, AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY WERE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE COLONY SHOULD BE DONE EVEN AMIDST WAR TIME, CERTAINLY MORE PROTECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A COLONY THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST FOR THE ENGLISH WHO ENDED UP TRYING TO OWN THE ENTIRE CONTINENT. ALSO THEY COULD HAVE AVOIDED CERTAIN AILMENTS IF THEY HAD DONE A BETTER JOB OF PREPARING AND REPAIRING. THE COLONY’S INITIAL MAINFOOD SUPPLY HAD BEEN CUT SHORT DUE TO A SHIP RUNNING INTO A SHOAL RUINING ALMOST ALL OF IT, THEY WAITED 3 YRS TO TRY AND HELP DUE TO THE WAR AND OTHER VENTURES. HELP SHOULD BE HAD MUCH SOONER THAN THAT EVEN IN TIME OF WAR WITH AN OCEAN BETWEEN YOU IN THE 16TH CENTURY. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A TYPE OF FAIL SAFE PLAN, IT REALLY WAS ONLY. MAKE A SIGN IN THE TREE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE SETTLING TWO OR THREE SETTLEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME COULD HAVE RESOLVED MOST CAUSES OF FULL FAILURE. THE PROJECT MANAGERS WERE TOO GREEDY AND DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE ACTUAL PEOPLE INVOLVED. THEY DID NOT SEE BACKUP PLANS OR “PUBLIC RELATIONS” AS VERY IMPORTANT. THEY DIDN’T HAVE A GOOD EXIT PLAN. AND THEY CERTAINLY DIDN’T HAVE GOOD ETHICS. THIS ALSO COULD HAVE HELPED ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE DISASTER.