... biblical covenants with humans, the covenant of works and the covenant of grace The covenant of works, which grew out of Adam's fall, saw humans as evil and incapable of obeying God's laws The ... did the first several years About 80 percent of the settlers died because of disease (Jamestown was located in a malaria-infested swamp), starvation, or warfare with the Indians Starvation was a ... much later than the Spanish and Portuguese and were delayed further (until after 1600) because of a lack of interest and capital Samuel de Champlain was the major instigator of French colonization...