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title: "Why was the Winter of 1609 called the \"Starving Time?"  
description: "Why was the Winter of 1609 called the \"Starving Time?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42504/why-was-the-winter-of-1609-called-the-starving-time  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the Winter of 1609 called the "Starving Time?

Why was the Winter of 1609 called the "Starving Time?\
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