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JAMESTOWN (FACTS)
- Jamestown was the first permanent english settlement in North America.
- Jamestown was founded in 1607.
- The colonists came to North America to find gold and power.
- The Jamestown fort was right next to the James River named after King James
- John smith made a map of Virginia in 1612
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JAMESTOWN (FACTS)
- Africans came to Jamestown in 1619.
- The English were afraid of a spanish attack.
- Jamestown was not attacked by Spanish but was attacked by the Indians.
- A girl named Pocahontas was a peacemaker between the English and Indians.
- Jamestown was run by the Virginia company
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HARDSHIPS OF JAMESTOWN
- Most of the water was salty and unsafe to drink.
- There were mosquitoes that carried diseases like malaria.
- The diseases weakened settlers.
- They arrived in the middle of the worst droughts in 700 years.
- Most settlers lacked the skills to provide themselves.
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COMING FROM ENGLAND
- The ships the colonists came on were the Godspeed the Discovery and the Susan Constant
- The colonists left on December 19, 1606
- When they left Europe they island hopped first they stopped at the Canary Islands and then the West Indies and then they finally got to North America.
- 104 men and boys were aboard the three ships.
- There were well to do gentleman ,soldiers,laborer,and three young orphans.
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THE THREE CHARTERS
- The three charters were given to the Virginia company to start a settlement in North America
- They gave the Virginia company three ships lots or workers and supplies to build the settlement.
- The land given to Va company was 50 miles north and south an 100 miles in land
- The next royal charter was made in 1609 it extended Va to cover all North America
- And the last charter gave Va a island to the east.
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