Jamestown

By HareshA16641

  • Pocahontas

    Pocahontas was born about 1596 and named ''Amonute'' though she also had a more private name of Matoaka

  • Starving Time

    The Starving Time Jamestown in the colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-1610.

  • John Rolfe

    John Rolfe began his experiments with planting tobacco in 1612.
  • Period: to

    Capital of the Colony

    Jamestown served as the capital of the colony for 83 years, from 1616 to 1699

  • John Punch

    John Punch, a runaway slave indentured Servent, first documented slave for life.

  • The large British Force

    In 1781 General Lafayette’s troops continued to counter a large British force that had invaded Virginia.