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Three ships sent by the Virginia Company sailed into the Chesapeake Bay. They sailed up a river that they named the James, in honor of their king, and on its shore they built the settlement of Jamestown.
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23 men went on an expedition up the James River and met the Powhatan Indians, who were eager to trade, and also learned about Chief Powhatan.
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After experiencing an attack from Native Americans, the colonists discussed building a better fort than the one they had at the time. This new fort was triangular and made of wood.
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John Smith, who was on a trading expedition, was captured by a group of hunting Powhatans, and eventually taken to Chief Powhatan. Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas,
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John Smith was released by the Powhatan Indians and was able to return to Jamestown.
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Smith was elected to be president of the Virginia Council. He established the rule that a man needed to work if he wanted to eat.
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A fleet with more than 300 new settlers arrived in Virginia. All of the men, women and children aboard arrived tired and hungry. They had been shipwrecked in Bermuda.
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