JamesTown Timeline

Timeline created by lasherclakecitymiddle in History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/13/1607	The beginning!	May 13, colonists chose Jamestown Island as the site for the settlement! This met the instructions of the London Company!
05/15/1607	THE FORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED! :D
05/26/1607	They Start Building a Fort.	The indians attacked the colonists forcing them to make a strong triangular fort! The picture describes
01/01/1608	Releasement of John Smith	John Smith was released by Powhatan and he returned to Jamestown! There was only 38 settlers left! :O
01/02/1608	John Smith is accused of causing deaths.	John Smith was accused of causing the deaths of his men on the expedition.Christopher Newport returns on the John and Francis with the first supply of food and additional settlers; Newport halts the Smith execution.
06/04/1613	Capturement of Pocahontas!	Captain Argall captures Pocahontas and brings her to Jamestown as a hostage.
05/24/1614	Marriage	Colonist John Rolfe marries Pocahontas! They love each other very much!
06/28/1614	Tobacco.	Rolfe ships his first load of tobacco to England.
06/03/1616	Rolfe and Pocahontas arrive in London	Rolfe and Pocahontas (Rebecca) arrive in London. The Virginia Company institutes the "headright" system, giving 50 acres to anyone who would pay fare and 50 additional acres for each person brought with him.
03/17/1617	Weekly Obituary	Pocahontas dies in Gravesend, England
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
12/01/1607 to 12/31/1607	EXTRA EXTRA JOHN SMITH CSPTURED!	Captain John Smith, while on an exploring and trading expedition, he was captured by a indian hunting party! :O He was then taken to Powhatan where Powhatan was about to kill john smith! OH NO!!!! Pocahontas saved John Smith's life!
05/01/1610 to 09/30/1610	The starving time.	The "starving time" reduces the population to 60 gaunt survivors from the previous fall's population of 500-600