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The English choose Jamestown
In 1607 , 104 men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement . On May 14 they picked Jamestown , Virginia for their settlement , which was name after their King James I . The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Pocahotas meet John smith
Pocahontas visits Jamestown several times; meets Captain John Smith, who she tutors in the Powhatan's language. Pocahontas and John Smith become friends. -
The first English woman
One of first women to arrive and help a provide a home life. -
Tobacco became a cash
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Pocahotas died
possibly from a respiratory problem in Gravesend, England is buried March 21 -
Virgina become a royal colony
Virginia company was taken by the king and Virginia -
John Smith died
John Smith (age 51) in London , England -
commemoration 400th anniversary
In 2019 Jamestown , in cooperation with Williamsburg , will hold a commemoration that marks the 400th anniversary of four landmark events in American history , the first meeting of Virginia House of Burgesses , the arrival of the first Africans in the New World , and the first Thanksgiving.