Settlers arrived in 1796 and within four years the colony had failed.

The colony failed almost as soon as it was started.

Numerous colonies failed in the beginning of the settlement era.

If the colony fails it'll mean my own ruin and I know it.

They could not afford to have a colony actually fail.

I wonder what would happen if one of the masters decided to come from their home planet to find out why the colony failed?

Both colonies failed in the 1930s when the depression hit.

We're to determine why the original colony failed, and find a solution to the problem.

But if this colony fails, a large percentage of the people are going to want to head home.

However, the colony failed and he paid for their passage back to California.