The world: historical and actual . je settlement there and then was soon given came over on exploring expeditions, and theEnglish public became greatly interested in the sub-ject of American colonization. In 1006 James I. (49] 492 EARLY COLONIAL UNITED STATES. divided the region claimed by England into Northand South Virginia, granting the first to the Ply-mouth Company, and the second to the LondonCompany. Each company attempted to establisha colony, but only the latter was successful, and thatsuccess was the first permanent English settlement,not only in Virginia, but Ameri
The world: historical and actual . je settlement there and then was soon given came over on exploring expeditions, and theEnglish public became greatly interested in the sub-ject of American colonization. In 1006 James I. (49] 492 EARLY COLONIAL UNITED STATES. divided the region claimed by England into Northand South Virginia, granting the first to the Ply-mouth Company, and the second to the LondonCompany. Each company attempted to establisha colony, but only the latter was successful, and thatsuccess was the first permanent English settlement,not only in Virginia, but America. The fleet wasunder the command of Christopher Newport. Itsailed up the stately James River in 1607, andfounded Jamestown. The colony had a hard struggle, and was savedfrom ruin by Caj>tain John Smith. On one occasionSmith wascaptured bythe chief,Powhatan,condemnedhim to deathbut Poca-hontas, thedaughter ofthe chief,saved least, itis the storytold, andlong im-plicitly be-lieved. It iscertain thatthe daugh-. BUILDING JAMESTOWN. ter was an illustrious personage in the history of Vir-ginia. She vis-iteil England,received Chris-tian baptism,married an En-glishman, Rolfe,and became thefounder of afamily whichhas always beenvery proud ofher. Slavery wasintroduced intoVirginia in 1619. The English never attempted toenslave the natives, but they seemed to have no
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