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jamestown timeline
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Discovering of Virginia
the three ships sighted the land as virginia -
Getting Elected
smith was elected president of the verginia council. -
The Fleet
a fleet with more than 300 new settlers arrived in verginia. -
Summer
dela warr set about to rebuild the colony. -
Abandond
Gates decided to abandon all the settlers at jamestown and return to england. -
Dead
Cheif powahaten died. -
Establishing
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth to establish a colony in “Northern
Virginia.” -
Arrived
Approximately 90 women arrived in Virginia to supplement those
already in the colony, and to serve as wives for the planters. -
Little Success
The settlers, hoping to produce silk, planted mulberry trees to feed silkworms. They had little success. -
Powhatan Indians in an Uprising,
Opechancanough led the Powhatan Indians in an uprising, killing about
one-third of the 1200 colonists in Virginia. Jamestown was warned and was not attacked, but survivors flocked to its fortification. Many outlying settlements were abandoned, and much sickness followed the uprising. -
Kings Privy Council
The King’s Privy Council set up a commission to investigate the Virginia Company and conditions in Virginia. -
Virginia became a Royal Colony.
Virginia became a royal colony. The Virginia Company was forced to yield its control to royal authority. King James I retained Governor Wyatt as the first royal governor. -
The Cenuses
A muster or census ordered by the Crown was taken, showing a total population of 1232 settlers and including numbers of weapons,Livestock, grain,
