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June 12th, 1616 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
ompany......March 12, 1612 Capt. Samuel Argall, in a foraging expedition, entices Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, on his vessel and takes her to Jamestown......1612 Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe by the Rev. Alexander Whitaker at Jamestown......April 5, 1613 First establishment of fixed property in the soil; the company granting fifty acres to every freeman in fee-simple......1615 Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, reaching Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan di
March 21st, 1617 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
ahontas to John Rolfe by the Rev. Alexander Whitaker at Jamestown......April 5, 1613 First establishment of fixed property in the soil; the company granting fifty acres to every freeman in fee-simple......1615 Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, reaching Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives a
May 15th, 1617 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
the soil; the company granting fifty acres to every freeman in fee-simple......1615 Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, reaching Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 3
April 18th, 1618 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
g Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the Engli
April 9th, 1619 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
n about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the English colonies.] Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620
April 19th, 1619 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the English colonies.] Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620 Population estimated at 4,000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco shipped to England......1620 England cl
July 30th, 1619 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the English colonies.] Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620 Population estimated at 4,000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco shipped to England......1620 England claims a monopoly of trade of her plantations......October, 1621 London Company begins to ship respecta
August, 1619 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
he Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 1618 Powhatan dies......1618 Deputy-Governor Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive exaction, escapes......April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the English colonies.] Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620 Population estimated at 4,000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco shipped to England......1620 England claims a monopoly of trade of her plantations......October, 1621 London Company begins to ship respectable young women to supply the colonists with wives......1621 [They were sold for
June 28th, 1620 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
..April 9, 1619 Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and arrives at Jamestown......April 19, 1619 First representative legislative assembly ever held in America meets at Jamestown......July 30, 1619 Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown twenty negroes......August, 1619 [This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in the English colonies.] Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620 Population estimated at 4,000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco shipped to England......1620 England claims a monopoly of trade of her plantations......October, 1621 London Company begins to ship respectable young women to supply the colonists with wives......1621 [They were sold for 120 lbs. of tobacco each, or the cost of bringing them over.] Sir Francis Wyatt chosen governor, and with nine ships, with emigrants and supplies, reaches Virginia......October, 1621 Cotton-see
October, 1621 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
early patron of Shakespeare, elected treasurer of the London Company......June 28, 1620 Population estimated at 4,000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco shipped to England......1620 England claims a monopoly of trade of her plantations......October, 1621 London Company begins to ship respectable young women to supply the colonists with wives......1621 [They were sold for 120 lbs. of tobacco each, or the cost of bringing them over.] Sir Francis Wyatt chosen governor, and with nine ships, with emigrants and supplies, reaches Virginia......October, 1621 Cotton-seed planted as an experiment for the first time......1621 Indians rise and massacre the whites at nearly all the plantations, extending 140 miles on both sides of the river; only Jamestown and the nearest settlements saved, a converted Indian revealing the plot......March 22, 1622 Dissensions arising in the Virginia Company, King James appoints commissioners to investigate it, who advise a dissolution......M
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