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Sighting of Virginia
The three ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery sighted the land of Virginia. -
John Smith's Capture
In 1907 around December.John Smith got captured by a Powhatan hunting party. -
Elected to be President
In 1608,Smith was elected to be president of the Virginia council. -
Tobacco
In 1610-1611 John Rolfe began experimenting with tobacco seeds. -
Third Charter
The Virginia company recieved a Third Charter from James I. granting more land to the company. -
First Shipment of Tobacco
John Rolfe sent his first shipment of tobacco to England. -
General Assembly Meets and Makes The First Law
The general assembly meets in the choir of the Jamestown church. Its first law requires tobacco to be sold for at least three shillings per pound. -
Africans Arive in Virginia
In the summer of 1619 twenty africans came to the colony to work as indentured servants. these servants worked for four to seven years in exchange for their passage -
Women Arive in Jamestown
In 1620 ninety young women landed in Jamestown on the Bride Ship, to be served as wives for planters. -
Indians Attack
The Powhatan Indian atttack kills 347 colonists, setting off a war that lasted a decade. -
Sickness and Starvation
The Abigail arrives with no food and an infectious load of passengers, plague and starvation reduce the colony to 500 persons. -
Losing The Charter
The Virginia Company loses its charter, Virginia becomes a royal province due to mismanagement of the colony.
