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First Charter
King James 1 of England made the 1606 first Virginia charter which created the first Virginia company -
The First Colony
The first colony was founded in Jamestown, Virginia -
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starving time
a period that is considered starving time in Jamestown -
Tobacco plantation
A tobacco plantation 30 miles from the Jamestown Settlement was formed -
Violent confrontation
hundreds of English and Powhatan men on the Pamunkey River, Virginia had a violent confrontation -
the first meeting
on July 30, 1619, the first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown in Virginia -
War
The Powhatan War begins in Virginia between colonist and Native Americans -
royal colony
Virginia was made a royal colony -
freedom of religion
The Toleration Act was passed in England allowing all Christians religious freedom.
