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Jamestown Colony Timeline

By porterLCMS
  • Start date of trip and name of ships used for colonization

    Start date of trip and name of ships used for colonization

    Established by the Virgina company of England, the ships used were Discovery, Susan Consent and Godspeed.
  • Christopher Newport

    Christopher Newport

    Christopher leaves England with his ship Godspeed and with 100 boys, soldiers and men going towards Virgina.
  • First land sighting in the New World

    First land sighting in the New World

    104 settlers, no woman arrive at a place called James City and, establish the first permant English settlement in the New World.
  • First indian encounter

    First indian encounter

    The Paspahegh indian tribe attacks the English
  • The Starving Time

    The Starving Time

    Over half of the people in Jamestown die of starvation.
  • John Smith

    John Smith

    Smith arrived in Virgina with Newport but, he was a prisoner when he arrived. When Smith gets to Virgina, he leads an expedition up the Chicahominy in search of food and he gets captured by Native Americans.
  • John Smiths captivity

    John Smiths captivity

    John Smith gets held captive by indians
  • John Smith's return to England

    John Smith's return to England

    John Smith was injured because, of a gun powder explosion and was forced to move back to England for medical purposes
  • John Rolfe and Tobacco

    John Rolfe and Tobacco

    John starts a tobacco company in Virgina, Jamestown to help save the settlement later, he sends a full ship of tobacco to England.
  • Pocahontas moves to England

    Pocahontas moves to England

    Pochantas moves to England with her husband John Rolfe and was recieved as a princess, and shown to the king and the queen.