jan 1, 1607 - Establishment of Jamestown

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Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company and very quickly turned out to be a disaster:
- most who came to colonize the area were very unfamiliar with how to run a colony; many only there to get rich and find gold
- very few women involved, which meant a small and not self-sufficient population
- somewhat questionable relationships with the Native Americans there

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