Jamestown was established as a fort in 1607, and as a town in 1619
Key players
Captain John Smith
George Percy
Pocohontas
- Daughter of the powhatan
- Married John Rolfe, not John Smith
- Did However save john smith from being killed by her father
- moved back to England with her husband
Chief Opchanacanough
- His name meant "He whose soul is white"
- Lead a massacre in 1622 to rid his world of the white mman
- this raid killed 1/3 of the settlers of Jamestown
- Was captured in 1646, and later shot in the back by a gaurd
- He was 92 years old when he died
Jamestown ugly winter
- The winter of 1609-1610 was known as the starving time
- Over 80 percent of the colony died
- Most tried cannibalism
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