American history timeline

taught by Hannah, Kelsey, Chandler (USA)

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In 1607, 105 adventurers set off from England to establish the first permanent English settlement in America . They settled in what is now the state of Virginia and named the colony Jamestown . Almost half of the settlers died in Jamestown's early years due to lack of resources and quarrels with the Powhatan Indians.