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104 male settlers arrive at site they name James Cittie and establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
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Capt. John Smith leads expedition up the Chickahominy in search of food and is captured.
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Smith returns to James Fort to find a desperate situation; only 38 of the original 104 settlers remain
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Smith is accused of causing the deaths of his men on the expedition, tried, and condemned to be hung. Christopher Newport returns on the John and Francis with the "first supply" of food and additional settlers; Newport halts the Smith execution.
February: Smith takes Christopher Newport up the York River to meet Powhatan. Smith works out an exchange of beads for provisions; "sons" are also exchanged: Thomas Savage goes to live with the Indians and Namontack with the English; they will -
Sir Thomas Gates, George Somers, William Strachey and 100 new settlers arrive in two ships, Deliverance and Patience.
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Captain Argall captures Pocahontas and brings her to Jamestown as a hostage.
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Rolfe ships his first load of tobacco to England.
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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. -
Pocahontas dies in Gravesend, England.
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Sir Walter Raleigh executed for treason in England.
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Virginia House of Burgesses meets for first time.
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The Powhatan Indian Attack kills 347 colonists, setting off a war that lasted a decade.
