Question

The first shiploads of British colonists who settled on the Atlantic coast faced all the following problem EXCEPT:
A. Hunger
B. Disease
C. Difficult winter weather
D. Implacable hostility of the Native Americans

Answer 1

Hint: In the 17th and early 18th century, people started exploring new lands from Europe for colonies, resources and building new nations.

Complete answer: People from European countries started migrating towards America with their ideas, customs and culture etc. which had an impact on America. Across the Atlantic coast successive groups of Frenchmen, Englishmen, Germans, Irish and so on attempted to transplant their habits and culture to the new world.
The first shiploads of immigrants were for territorial expansion. They came in the small, unmercifully overcrowded craft. They faced many problems during their six to a twelve-week voyage, There was a shortage of food, ships sometimes lost in storms because of the difficult weather conditions many of the travellers died because of disease, and the infants rarely survived during the journey.
Looking at the options given:
Option A. Hunger was one of the biggest problems they faced as one of the incidents showed that settlers sometimes stashed food while returning to England so that they could survive. It is an incorrect answer.
Option B. Disease was another problem as scurvy and land disease was so common during this period. It is an incorrect answer.
Option C. Difficult winter weather also made their journey difficult. It is an incorrect answer.
Option D. Implacable hostility of the Native Americans. This is the correct answer.
Therefore, Option D is correct.

Note: Europeans' single motive to leave their European homelands was the desire for greater economic opportunity.