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July 18-21 1608: Smith's shallop returns to Jamestown; July 1608: John Ratcliffe leaves office (either by resignation or deposition) in July 1608, two months before the end of his term; Sept 10, 1608: John Smith is elected to serve a one-year term as president of the council. His term was to end September 10, 1609. [12]
The original fort housing the Jamestown settlers was believed to have been long ago swallowed by the James River. The general area in James City County near Jamestown was also considered unsuitable, as it was not very accessible in the day of rail travel before automobiles were common.
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.
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The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.
The Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610. There were about 500 Jamestown residents at the beginning of the winter; by spring only 61 people remained alive.
What is now Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, claims it hosted the First Thanksgiving a year and 17 days before the Pilgrims even landed (yes, it is counting) and holds an annual “America’s First ...
The group we most often associate with the Pilgrims — the Puritan congregation that separated from the Church of England — did, at least partially, come to America looking for a place where ...