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Two Early Colonies Fail
When the Native Americans realized that the settlers wanted their lands, and they cut off the colonists food supply. In 1587, artist John White convinced Raleigh to try again to establish the Roanoke colony, with the disasterous results describe in One American Story. -
John White
John White convinced Raleigh to try again to establish the Roanoke colony, with the disasterous results described in One American Story. -
Jamestown grows
The first African Americans arrived in Jamestown. Even more laborers were needed. Those who could not afford a passage to America were encouraged to become indentured servants. -
Financing a colony
Merchants organized the Virginia Company of London and the Virginia Company. King James, the first of England, granted charters to both companies in 1606. -
Jamestown
The Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to Chesapeake Bay that included more than 100 colonists. They named the first permanent English settlemant Jamestown, in honor of King James. -
Jamestown is found in 1607
John Rolfe developed a high grade tobacco that the colonists learned to grow. -
Jamestown Grows
Only 60 of the colonisis were still alive when two ships arrived in 1610 in Jamestown. The success of tobacco growing changed Jamestown in many ways. The Virginia Company thought of the colonists as employees, and the colonies wanted to share the profits. -
Jamestown grows
In 1619 the population of Virginia jumped from about 600 in 1619 to more than 2,000 in 1621. The House of Burgesses, created in 1619, became the first representative assembly in the American colonies. -
Bacon's Rebellion in 1676
Many of the English colonists who came to Virginia during the 1600's fought with the Native Americans. By the 1670's, one-fourth of free white men were former indentured servants.
