Jamestown Colony fails

The Avenger

Banned
I seem to recall that Jamestown Colony initially almost failed--with most of its inhabitants dying from disease between 1607 and 1610 and with its remaining inhabitants being about to depart from Jamestown when a ship of new English colonists arrived there and convinced them to stay.

Anyway, what if this ship filled with new English colonists failed to reach Jamestown Colony in time and thus Jamestown's surviving inhabitants would have left back for England?

How would Britain's subsequent policies towards the Americas--and especially towards North America--be affected by the failure of two British settlement colonies in North America (Roanoke and Jamestown)?

Thoughts?
 

trurle

Banned
Not much change. Last initial losses of colonists will sooner convince the Crown to switch to indentured servants model of colonization.
 

The Avenger

Banned
Not much change. Last initial losses of colonists will sooner convince the Crown to switch to indentured servants model of colonization.
Didn't the English in Virginia end up relying on indentured servants and slaves anyway, though?
 

trurle

Banned
Didn't the English in Virginia end up relying on indentured servants and slaves anyway, though?
Yes, the process of transition to indenture/slavery was predetermined. Jamestown failing hard will likely speed up process few years though, without affecting much the total number of colonists.
 
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