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Arranged that John White (Governor) and a group of families to return to love in peace with the natives in 1587.
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Raleigh’s men settled on the small island off the coast of modern-day North Carolina. The colonists left about a year later after beheading the local Indian chief, Wingina.
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The Company was a joint stock corporation charged with the settlement of Virginia. 144 English men and boys established the Jamestown colony, named after King James I.
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John Rolfe thought Virginia might be an outstanding site for tobacco growth.
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George Yeardley arrived to take his post as newly appointed governor of Virginia
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First legislative assembly in the colonies.The first initiative they took was to set a minimum price of tobacco. Members would meet at least once a year with their royal governor to decide local laws and determine local taxation.
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An attack was led by Opechancanough and killed about one-third of the 1200 colonists in Virginia
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Virginia became a royal colony. The Virginia Company was forced to yield its control to royal authority.
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A treaty of peace was made with the Indians, thus ending the Anglo-Powhatan war.
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Several small reservations were set aside by the English authorities for the various Powhatan tribes.
