Why+did+they+stay?AB

In 1607 the English settlers landed in Jamestown. They faced many problems almost immediately after arriving. There was a shortage of food and many attacks from the Native Americans. So why did they stay? I believe they stayed to make more money and it could have been a pride thing. I think that the competition with Spain was part of why they had stayed, but it was not a major factor. The main reason for the Jamestown settlers to even go to Jamestown was for gold. They wanted to make money. They did not even find much gold right away, so maybe they are staying so they can collect more and make more money. They still had trading back to England and I think they were just trying to make more money for their kings back in England. They probably thought make money for their kings or dye trying to get it for them. Another reason they might have stayed was a sort of pride that they had. Their people were dying by the dozen and they even resorted to cannibalism, but they remained there. They stayed because they did not want to seem “chicken” or “wimpy” to their higher authority. It was a horrible time, but the survivors of the time stayed and worked on colonizing the land. To their kings, even though the settlers were dying and eating each other, believed that they could handle it because they stayed there and tried their best to tough it out. The settlers of Jamestown stayed in Jamestown to make money and prove that they could handle living there. There were not many survivors, but they stayed and remained tough. It is possible that they were trying to appear better than their Spanish competition, but I think it was not important.