Jamestown Settlement

  • Period: Jun 19, 1566 to

    start and end of king james 1st

    king james 1st died and was succeded by his son, chales 1
  • Begining of the Journey

    three ships sighted the land of virginia, landed at Cape Henry (present day Virginia Beach) and were attacked by Indians. the three ships that sailed were Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
  • Period: to

    jamestown was made

    On May 13 the colonists chose Jamestown Island as the site for settlement, because it met the London Company’s instructions and it had a deep river channel nearby. On May 14 they stepped ashore and began fortifying the area against Spaniards and Indians.
  • Realesed From Indians.

    John was released by powhatan. This was the day that when John came back and found out that half of the people were died because of deiseses or of starvation.
  • Pocahontas Died

    pocanhontas died at gravessend,England.Rolfe left his son with an uncle in England and returend to Virginia
  • Sir Francis Wyatt Succeded

    Sir Francis Wyatt was knighted July 7, 1618 at Windsor.
  • Lord de la Warr Died

    Lord de la Warr died. Most of the jamestown colony were not happy when he died but very few were.
  • Making new Laws

    The General Assembly of the colony of Virginia, the first representative assembly in English America, met in the church at Jamestown until August 4, 1619. The assembly adopted the Virginia Company’s and passed some new laws
  • Plymouth Landed at Plymouth

    The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth to establish a colony in “Northern Virginia.”
  • Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth

    The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth to establish a colony in “Northern Virginia.”
  • Killing the Colonists of Virginia

    opechancanough led the Powhatan Indians in an uprising killing about a third of the 1200 colonists in virginia
  • Opechancanough led Powhatan Indians.

    Opechancanough led the Powhatan Indians in an uprising, killing about one-third of the 1200 colonists in Virginia. Jamestown was warned and was not attacked. Many outlying settlements were abandoned, and much sickness followed the uprising.
  • A Treaty was Made.

    A treaty was made at middle plantation with the Indians who had been under attack. The Indians ceded their lands and were confined to small reservations for which an annual tribute was paid to the colony.