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Timeline of the Colony Virginia

By shamaricus
  • The founding of the colony

    The founding of the colony

    Virginia was founded (James Town)
  • Fire Break out

    Fire Break out

    1608, January: Fire broke out in James Fort, causing much destruction. By spring, repairs had begun.
  • raided the Chickahominy and Paspahegh villages,

    raided the Chickahominy and Paspahegh villages,

    1610, August: English soldiers, at the command of Lord de la Warr, raided the Chickahominy and Paspahegh villages, killing the wife of the Paspahegh chief and her children.
  • Important marriage

    Important marriage

    John Rolfe and Pocahontas marry at Jamestown
  • hoping to produce silk etc

    hoping to produce silk etc

    1621: The settlers, hoping to produce silk, planted mulberry trees to feed silkworms.
  • Indian massacre

    Indian massacre

    Killed 347 colonist; women and children were also killed.
  • Breaking land apart

    Breaking land apart

    King James downsized the Virginia Colony by breaking its land into different colonies (including the Maryland Colony and the Province of Carolina.)
  • Power shifts

    Power shifts

    Oliver Cromwell became the leader of the Virginian colony.
  • power shifts back

    power shifts back

    Williamsburg, Virginia, became the Colonial Capital in Virginia.
  • Capital of the colony.

    Capital of the colony.

    Williamsburg, Virginia, became the Colonial Capital in Virginia.