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JAMESTOWNWAS FOUNDED BY JOHNSMITH AND VERGINIANS
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john smith was released by the powations
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.Virginia Company replaces Council with Governor who has absolute control.
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caption george percy replaces caption john smith as president of the council, smith returns to england
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De La Warr leaves for England, George Percy is Deputy Governor until arrival of Thomas Dale, about 150 people left.
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John Rolfe and Pocahontas married at Jamestown
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Thomas Dale arrives in London, leaving Virginia in the hands of Capt. George Yeardley.
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Pocahontas dies
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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
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Opechancanough led the Powhatan Indians in an uprising, killing about
one-third of the 1200 colonists in Virginia. Jamestown was warned and
was not attacked, but survivors flocked to its fortification. Many
outlying settlements were abandoned, and much sickness followed the
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In Bermuda, the Seaflower is blown up due to the negligence of the Captain's son
