Jamestown

By GrahamIsAmazing

  • Jamestown Settlement

    Jamestown Settlement
    Three ships carrying 105 settlers came to America.

  • Gates Governor

    Gates Governor
    Sir Thomas Gaes is named governror of the Jamestown colony.

  • Tobacco

    Tobacco
    English settler John Rolfe begins experimenting with tobacco.

  • Pocahontas Marries

    Pocahontas Marries
    Pocahontas marries English settler John Rolfe.

  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses
    Virginia's new Governor, George Yeardley Arrives in Jamestown

  • First Africans in Virgnia

    First Africans in Virgnia
    About 20 african servants are delivered in the colony

  • First Royal Colony

    First Royal Colony
    Virgnia became the fisrt royal colony.

  • Indian attacks

    Indian attacks
    Pamunkey chief Opechancanough leads an attack against the Jamestown settlement.

  • Virginia population

    Virginia population
    Virginia population has grown to include 15,000 whites and 300 Africans.

  • Dutch Warship

    Dutch Warship
    Dutch Warships enter the James river and burn six English ships.