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Establishment of Jamestown:

104 British people arrive at 1607, named the settlement after their King, James I. Became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

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The Powhatan Confederacy:

Powhatan, was the paramount chief of Virginia, which means highest authority in the region. He was responsible for uniting dozens of tribes into a single, powerful alliance.

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Founding of The Virginia Company:

A joint-stock company chartered by King James I, in order to establish a colony in North America, where will benefit for the new resources, new markets for English goods, without bearing the costs.

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Sir Thomas Gates and Lord De La Warr:

Sir Thomas Gates served as governor of Virginia in 1610 and then as lieutenant governor from 1611 until 1614.

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John Rolfe and his marriage to Pocahontas

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John Rolfe and his marriage to Pocahontas:

In 1607, colonists settled by the James River and created Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. The settlers lived poorly due to famine, lack of medicinal care and frequent attacks from the Native Americans. A major contributor the colonist was an English adventurer, John Smith. He directed the colonists survival efforts and mapped out the area. But when the colonists were exploring Smith and two others were captured by Powhatan warriors. Smith's companians were killed why he was spared and set free. Later on in 1608, Smith became the president of the Jamestown colony. During Smiths presidency, Pocahontas often came to Jamestown as an emissary of her father, the chief of the Powhatan confederacy, sometimes bearing gifts of food to help the hard-pressed settlers. In 1609, Smith became injured and returned to England. After his departure, the conditioned in Jamestown worsened. In 1613, the English Captain, Samuel Argall, took Pocahontas hostage, hoping to use her to negotiate a permanent peace with her father. She was treated well and became accoustomed the Colonist's english ways, converted to christianity, and got baptized. The Powhatan confederacy eventually met the terms for her release, but by then she had reportedly fallen in love with John Rolfe. In 1614, Pocahontas and John Rolfe married with the blessing of Chief Powhatan and the governor of Virginia.

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Arrival of the first African slaves in: In 1619, the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia, brought by the English ship called White Lion. They came from West Africa, they were the first to be enslaved in the American colonies, marking as the beginning of slavery in the United States, and affecting its future deeply.

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The First General Assembly was in July 30 to August 4, 1619,

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Tobacco Economy:

When the King James I issued a treatise entitled King James His Counterblast to Tobacco, main suppliers of tobacco to the English were foreign shippers. Until the 1620s, colonies begin to grow and export tobacco in large quantities in Virginia

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The Anglo-Powhatan Wars:

The Powhatan Indian Confederacy fought a relentless battle against early English settlers in the tidewater regions of southern Virginia and Maryland. The conflict ultimately led to the destruction of the Indian state.