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Sailing to Jamestown
144 men sailed to Jamestown to establish a colony, find gold, and find a water passage to the Pacific Ocean for King James and the Virginia Company. There were three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. -
Landing in Virginia
After 4 months, they landed in Cape Henry, Virginia. They didn't want to stay because they thought there would be a Spanish invasion. -
Settling in Jamestown
They traveled up the Chesapeake Bay and found a spot that they called, Jamestown in honor of King James. During the months, it had started to get rough because the land was swampy and not good for farming. -
John Smith looks for Northwest Passage
John and 8 other men went up the Chickahominy River to find a shortcut to the Pacific Ocean. It ended up they never did find one. -
John Smith captured by the Powhatan
John Smith was captured by the Powhatan and was sentenced to die but Pocahontas (Powhatan's daughter) begged her father to spare John's life. Powhatan let him go. -
Life in Jamestown
More than half the people in Jamestown died of sickness. There was also trouble between the colonists and the Indians. -
John Smith becomes president of the colony
John Smith is now the president of the colony. He was the most successful leader the colony has had. He said a rule, "He that will not work shall not eat." -
John Rolfe
He brought tobacco plants from the West Indies and the colonists grew them as cash crop. John Rolfe married Pocahontas. -
First Africans brought to Jamestown
More and more Africans were brought to the colony. They helped plant crops which helped Virginia to grow. -
House of Burgesses
The Virginia Company thinks that the colonists should have the same rights as people living in England. So colonists decided to make a legislature. Only men who owned property could become members and vote. -
Virginia becomes a royal colony
King James I made the Virginia colony a royal colony because the Powhatan were fighting them. The king owned the colony and he picked a governor to run it.
