WAS, WERE or HAD?

1) The pilgrims religious dissidents.
2) They persecuted in England.
3) The crossing very difficult.
4) Many ill and died.
5) The first harvest very good.
6) There enough food for everybody after the harvest.
7) They a lot of problems when they arrived.
8) The pilgrims a very difficult crossing
9) They very little food on the ship.
10) During the crossing, two people died and one baby born.