Facts about Founding of Jamestown

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   Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan chief Wahunsenacawh, married settler John Rolfe in April 1614, helping ease years of tension between colonists and natives.

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   In May 1607, three ships named the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery delivered 104 English settlers to found Jamestown.

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   Captain John Smith's leadership and his policy of 'no work, no food' is widely credited with helping Jamestown survive its early years.

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   During the first winter at Jamestown, disease, starvation, and conflict reduced the original settlers to a fraction of their number in what became known as the 'starving time.

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   Jamestown was established on a peninsula in the James River in present-day Virginia, chosen partly for its defensive position against potential Spanish attack.

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   The founding of Jamestown in 1607 made it the first permanent English settlement in North America, established by the Virginia Company of London.

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