Jamestown Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 1 Dec 2017
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Created byChristen Johnson
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Events
The Virginia
Company
gets it's
First CharterThe Fleet
Arrives in
Chessapeack BayThey establish
Jamestown
on James IslandThe first
supply ship
arrives.John Smith
becomes Jamestown's
first president.The second
supply ship arrives
at JamestownJohn Smith
leaves the
colony.The
"Starving Time"
beginsLord Delaware
saves the
colony.John Rolfe
Introduced a popular
form of tobacco to
Jamestown bringing the
colony great wealthThe London Company
sends 100 women
to Jamestown.20 Africans
were sent
to Jamestown.The House
of Burgesses
was established.50,000 pounds
of Virginian tobacco
are sent to England.Native Americans
Attack JamestownJamestown
becomes
a royal colony.The Powhatan Indians
attack Jamestown.Slavery is
reconized
in Jamestown
by law.The capital of Virginia
is moved from Jamestown
to Williams burg.Pocahontas marries
John Rolfe
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