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104 englishmen arrived in America and started the settlement known as Jamestown.
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A fire breaks out in the colony and it is very destructive. It burns the first church in Jamestown. -
Gates becomes the governor of Jamestown and this opened up many things for the conlony.
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Pocahontas is captured by English settlers and held hostage in an attempt to recover settlers taken prisoner by Pocahontas' father, Powhatan. -
After a year Pocahontas and Rolfe get married and this led to them traveling to England.
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This was the year that the first Africans arrived in Jamestown and this was important because of the start of slavery in America
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Pamunkey Indians, scared by the rapid growth of the Jamestown colony, attack the English settlement, killing 347 people. Harsh raids lead to the deaths of a far greater number of Native Americans.