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Roanoke Island
500 men to settle, after bad winter came home 1587- 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children John White- Leader Virginia Dare- 1st English child born in North America -
Spanish Armada defeated
Largest naval force in the world 132 ships, 30,000 troops, 2,400 guns Smaller, swifter English ships won Storms destroyed more Spains sea control over -
The Virginia Company of London
Charter Company of England
Received charter from King James I
Joint-stock company
Founded Jamestown -
Creation of Jamestown
The founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world... -
Pocahontas
Daughter of Powhatan
Married John Rolfe
Improved colonial/native relationships -
Colonists can own land
All colonists who paid their way over granted 100 acres of land -
House of Burgesses meets
The House of Burgesses of Virginia was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Dutch bring Africans
Dutch ship brings 20 Africans to work in tobacco fields Originally servants rather than slaves Until 1640, Africans free and could own property1660’s- Slavery becomes law -
Virginia Company sends women
Virginia Company sends 90 women to Jamestown
Colonists had to pay 120 pounds of tobacco for wife -
King James cancels charter
declares Jamestown first royal colony for England in America
