Jamestown and the Virginia Company's Early Ventures (1607–1624)

1. Virginia Company chartered by James I

   Apr 10, 1606Labels: James I, Virginia Company

   • Avalon Project
   • Britannica

2. Jamestown site chosen; settlement begins

   May 13, 1607Labels: Jamestown, Chesapeake Bay

   • NPS Jamestown
   • NPS Handbook

3. Work starts on James Fort defenses

   May 14, 1607Labels: James Fort, Jamestown

   • NPS Handbook
   • NASA EarthObs

4. Second Virginia Charter reorganizes company rule

   May 23, 1609Labels: Virginia Company, Second Charter

   • Second Charter
   • Britannica

5. Sea Venture wreck disrupts major resupply effort

   Jul 28, 1609Labels: Sea Venture, Bermuda

   • Bermuda Archive
   • Historic Jamestowne

6. Starving Time devastates Jamestown population

   Dec 1, 1609Labels: Jamestown, Starving Time

   • Britannica
   • Historic Jamestowne

7. Gates abandons Jamestown; De La Warr reverses

   Jun 7, 1610Labels: Lord De, George Yeardley

   • Britannica
   • Encyclopedia Virginia

8. Company issues strict “Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall”

   Jun 12, 1610Labels: Lawes Divine, Virginia Company

   • Encyclopedia Virginia
   • Britannica

9. Third Virginia Charter expands authority over nearby islands

   Mar 12, 1611Labels: Third Charter, Virginia Company

   • Avalon Project
   • Britannica

10. Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry

    Apr 5, 1614Labels: Pocahontas, John Rolfe

    • Britannica
    • Encyclopedia Virginia

11. Representative assembly meets as House of Burgesses

    Jul 30, 1619Labels: House of, Virginia

    • VA House Hist
    • History com

12. First recorded Africans arrive at Point Comfort

    Aug 25, 1619Labels: Point Comfort, Enslaved Africans

    • NPS 1619
    • Encyclopedia Virginia

13. Powhatan attack kills settlers across Virginia

    Mar 22, 1622Labels: Powhatan Confederacy, 1622 Massacre

    • TIME
    • Britannica

14. Virginia Company dissolved; Virginia becomes royal colony

    May 24, 1624Labels: Virginia Company, Royal Colony

    • Britannica
    • Colony of Virginia