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America's first permanent English colony is founded in Jamestown, Virginia by the Virgina Company of London.
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Work begins on the settlement of Jamestown.
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Captian John Smith becomes the colony's leader.
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The first two English women arrive in Jamestown.
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Colonists decided to abandon Jamestown.
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John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a cash crop.
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The First Africans arrived in Virginia from Angola West Central Africa.
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The first represntative government in British America begins in Jamestown
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War with the Powhatan Indians.
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The King dissolved the Virginia Compsny and Virginia became a royal colony.
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The seat of government moves to Williamsburg from Jamestown.
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Jamestown ceases to exist as a town in the mid 1700's.
