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Virginia was Founded
The three ships found the land of Virginia. -
Colonist started dieing
Over half of the colonist died. Eather from starvation or some where attacted by Indians. -
Indian Attack
Paspahegh Indians attack the Colonists, killing two and wounding ten. -
President is Guilty
The Council finds President Edward M. Wingfield guilty of libel and he is deposed John Ratcliffe takes his place. -
New President for Virginia Council
Smith was elected to be President of the Virginia council. -
Rebuilding the Colony
De la Warr set out to rebuild the colony in earlie june. -
Held Captive
Captain Argall captured Pocahontas and brought her to Jamestown as a hostage. -
Here Comes the Bride
Pocahantas married John Rolfe. -
First ship of Tobacco
Rolfe shiped his first load of Tobacco to England. -
Executed
Sir Walter Raleigh executed for treason in England -
New tobacco law
They all meet in the choir of the Jamestown church. It first law requires Tobacca to be sold for at least three shillings per pound. -
Some New Changes
The assembly adopted the Virginia companys instructions and passed some new laws. -
Purchased
Twenty blacks are purchased from a passing Portuguese slave ship from Luanda Angola, to Vera Cruz. They may not have been the first, since some 32 Africans were noted five months earlier in a Virginia census of 1619. -
Women are Bought
Ninety young women are transported to Virginia to be wifes. the Virginia Company prices them at one hundredth and fiftie pounds of leafe Tobacco. -
Sails
The Mayflower sails from Holland and England to America to make a new colony called the plymoth. they are the they pilgrams. -
Attack
The Powhatan Indian Attack kills 347 colonists. setting off a war that lasted a decade. -
A Little War..
Opechonough led powhatan indians in an uprise, killing 1/3rd of the 1,200 colonist in Virginia. -
Boom
In Bermuda, the Seaflower got blown up due to the negligence of the Captains son. -
Losses their Charter
The Virginia Company lost their charter. Then Virginia becomes a royal province due to mismanagement of the colony. -
New Royal Colony
Virginia became a Royal Colony.
