Jamestown

By kylbradley

  • May 14, 1607

    May 14, 1607
    In Virginia the colonists founded Jamestown. This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

  • Pocahontas is Captured

    Pocahontas is Captured
    Pocahontas is captured by English settlers and held hostage in an attempt to recover settlers taken prisoner by Pocahontas' father, Powhatan.

  • First Africans in Virginia

    First Africans in Virginia
    About 20 African servants were sent to the colony. These might have been the first Africans in Virginia. A 1620 census records 32 Africans in the colony.

  • 1648 Virginia Population

    1648 Virginia Population
    Virginia's population grew to have 15,000 whites and 300 Africans.

  • 1676 Bacon's Rebellion

    1676 Bacon's Rebellion
    Bacon and his followers attacked and burned Jamestown in an uprising.

  • May 5, 1677 Berkeley Sails

    May 5, 1677 Berkeley Sails
    William Berkeley sails for England, having been pressured to resign his office.