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King James grants a charter to establsih colonies in the americas. The Virgina Company.
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Three ships – Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery - left
London with 105 men and boys to establish a colony in Virginia
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Nearly four months after ambarking they arrived. They sighted the Virgina coast and landed.
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The colonist find a peninsula that that meets requirements of settling. Establsih the settlement of Jamestown.
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Reverend Robert Hunt held the first Anglican communion in Jamestown.
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Over half the colonists died, most from disease and starvation, a few from wounds caused by Indians.
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Captain John Smith, on an exploring and trading expedition, was captured by a Powhatan hunting party and eventually taken before Chief Powhatan.
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Captain john Smith was released from powhatan control. He was alive and safe.
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Smith was elected to be president of the Virginia Council. He
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The starving time was the winter of 1609 through 1610. All but 60 of 500 colonists died in that winter.
