Europeans Colonize North America (1600 - 1640)

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  • The first settlement was established

    The first settlement was established

    A group of London investors known as the Virginia Company, sent a small convoy of vessels to Chesapeake Bay, where a hundred of man built a fort they named Jamestown (in honor of King James I)

  • Winter of 1609/1610

    During this terrible Winter, more tan 400 colonists starved, and a number resorted to cannibalism.
    The Virginia Company then, sent out a large force of man, woman and livestock.

  • The English captured Powhatan's favourite daughter

    In one war against native americans, the English prevailed when they captured Pocahontas, the daughter of the powerful chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.

  • Powhatan accepted a treaty of peace

    The peace was sealed with the marriage of Pocahontas, who converted to Christianity, to John Rolfe.

  • Pocahontas died in England

    Rolfe and his wife and son travelled to England. But Pocahontas fell ill and died there.

  • Virginia becomes a Royal Colony

    England converted Virginia into a Royal Colonywith civil authorities appointed by the crown

  • The Powhatans finally sued for peace

    The war had bankrupted the Virginia Company.

  • The English outnumbered the Powhatans

    Continous emigration from England produced a doubling of the colonial population every five years, and by 1640 it numbered 10.000

  • The Powhatans organized the final revolt

    More tan 500 colonists died.

  • The Virginians crushed the Powhatans

    The Virginians captured and killed the Powhatan's leader.