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Jamestown was founded by Capt. John Smith and other individuals. Captain John Smith sailed to Jamestown on the ships- Susan Constant, The Discovery, and Godspeed.
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100 men and boys traveled to present day Virginia. The settlers built a fort on the banks of a river. They named their colony Jamestown after King James I.
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John Smith led the expedition up the Chichahomony in search of food. Later in the expedition, he was captured by the Chief Powhatons tribe.
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John Smith was captured and was sent to Chief Powhaton. Powhaton was going to kill Smith but Powhatons daugher - Pocahantas saved John Smith.
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John Smith was badly injured in a gun powder explosion and was forced to go back to England. Then, Jamestown started to fall apart.
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100 new settlers arrived in The Deliverience and Patience. Lord De La Warr arrived on on of these ships.
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Lord De la Warr arrived and prevented 250 people from leaving Jamestown. Then, he started rebuilding the failing colony.
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Pocahontas died at age 22. She married John Rolfe and had a son with him. Pocahontas was born in 1595 and died in 1617.
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Virginia's House of Burgesses met for the first time.
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The first indentured servants and African slaves arrived in Virginia.
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The Virginia House of Burgesse created the first law that required tobacco to be sold for at least 3 shillings per pound. John Rolfe disccovered tobacco and made alot of money on it and it soon became a cash crop.
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Openchanough the Indian led a Massacre and killed 347 colonists. This started the war that lasted for almost a decade.
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The Abigal arrived with no food and a bunch of infected passangers. Later, the plague and starvation killed about 500 people.
