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*In April 1607 three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery left England with 105 passengers,in December 1606 and reached the Virginia coast in April of 1607.

*The ships docked on the James River because the water was deep, and Captain Christopher Newport was confident that the colony about to be established was in a good place for protection against any enemies.

*Jamestown, Virginia, became the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607.

*The first fort at Jamestown was built soon after the English landed at Jamestown Island in May 1607.

*Life for the colonists was not easy. Only 60 of the 214 settlers survived this harsh winter. Many died in the fall of 1607 from dysentery and typhoid fever.

Captain John Smith became the colony's leader in September 1608.

The Virginia Company of London sponsored the Jamestown Colony. King James I granted permission for the London Company to establish a Colony in this new land with hopes of finding gold and possibly discovering a water passage to the Pacific Ocean.

*The colonists established trading opportunities with the Powhatan, the leader, or chief, of the Powhatan Federation of Indians.

*After the Jamestown fort was built, the Powhatan Indians disliked the presence of the English Colonists, and Powhatan warriors attacked the English colonists, in what became known as Indian Massacre of 1622. In that attack 347 of the colonists were killed (1/4 of the English population of Jamestown).

*Pocahontas warned the settlers of a Powhatan attack, but not soon enough for many of settlers to seek safety. She is also believed to have saved Captain John Smith's life after he was captured by some Indians.

John Rolfe married Pocahontas.

Jamestown became deserted by the mid-1700s after the government moved to Williamsburg in 1699.

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