Nowtsemaj by kday

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Nowtsemaj

Published on Dec 18, 2015

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In 1606 England was looking for weath and power.
The Virginia Company of London wanted to finace the trip to the new world.
In 1606 King James was looking for materials yo increace trade with close countries.
Also in 1606 King James sent a charter to the Virginia Company.
The first chater to the Virginia Company gave the setteler the right to establish the first colony

In 1606 thnecharter sent out the first settelers, in 1607 the 104 boys and men arriveThe ships were named Dicovery, Susan Constant and the Godspeed. The Captin was Cristopher Newport
Then they chose a narrow penensala on the James river. Tree reasons they chose that spot was:it would be easy to defend agaist the spanish,the water close was easy to dock, and they THOUGHT the drinking water was clean
Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America