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On May 13th the colonists chose Jamestown Island for settlement. It met London Company's expectations and it had a river channel nearby.
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On May 14th they stepped ashore and began fortifying Jamestown against Spaniards and Indians.
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A fire broke out in James fort causing bad distruction. By spring repairs had begun.
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Smith was elected president of the Virginia Council. He made a set of rules, One of which required men to work if they wanted to eat.
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John Rolfe sent his first shipment of tabacco to England
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Pocahontas died at gravesend on March 21st, 1617
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Lord De La Warr died on June 7th, 1618
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First recorded africans arive in Virginia.
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Pilgrims landed at Plymouth to establish a colony in "Northen Virginia"
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Sir Francis Wyatt succeeded Sir George Yeardley when Yeardley's three-year term expired.
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Opechancanough led the Powhatan Indians to killing 1/3 of the 1200 colonists in Virginia.
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King James I died and was succeeded by his son, Charles I.