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During this time the company of English merchants asked King James for the right to found, or establish settlement
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The King granted the request and the company settled in a region called Virginia
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40 miles up James River in Virginia the colonist founded Jamestown, which was the first permanent English settlement in North America
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John Smith took control of Jamestown and built a new fort
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Powhatan and John Smith led the settlers of Jamestown established trade with Powhatan's tribe
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After Smith left Chief Powhatan began a campaign to starve the English out of Virginia
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Jamestown expanded from around the original James Fort into New Town built to the east
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The central state house in Jamestown got burned down so Middle Plantation, known as Willamsburg replaced the colonial capital following year so pretty much Jamestown was abandoned
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Jamestown remained the capital of Virginia
