Colonial_Virginia

Colonial Virginia Colonial Virginia On April 26, 1607, three English ships, sent by the Virginia Company of London, sailed along the coast of what is now know as southern Virginia. A group of about 104 men and boys sailed up the James River but were watched cautiously watched by The Powhatan Indian tribe. They sailed up the James River another 60 miles and came upon a peninsula which was just what they were looking for. This would protect them from both the Spanish and the Indians. They called this land Jamestown in honor of King James. The three ships landed in Virginia and started building what would be the first successful English colony in present-day North America. Before the ships even left the Virginia Company, who funded the trip, put seven names in a box and the colonists were told to open the box when they arrived. These names were the people who were picked to run the colony. They were Christopher Newport, Bartholomew Gosnold, John Ratcliff, Edward Maria (haha) Wingfield, George Kendall, and John Smith. virginia, colony, people, smith, new, tobacco, jamestown, colonists, came, after, ship, king, john, indians, food, about, started, powhatan, english, england, called, because, time, sailed, over, one, men, james, indian, governor, first, company, colonist, college, became