The Starving Time (11 sept. 1609 – 3 mars 1610)

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-London Company got charter that expanded their power by giving them rights to more land

-The London Company gave free passage to Virginia to those willing to serve the company for 7 years

-"Great Fleet" containing nine ships and 600 people head to Virginia in spring of 1609

-One ship was lost, one was stuck in Bermuda, those who made it to Virginia faced fevers and were weak upon arrival

-Indians killed livestock, barricaded colonists

-Only 60 of about 500 survived but left on the Bermuda ship in May

-Lord De La Warr's ship discovered the leaving colonists and they agreed to go back to Jamestown

-Stricter rule in Jamestown and the eventual private ownership of land helped the colony expand

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