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1606年，給倫敦維吉尼亞公司的許可證，准許該公司送員工到北美州，開發詹姆斯敦這個新殖民地。
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詹姆斯敦創建，1607年5月14日
氣候非常惡劣，補給卻非常少。史密斯離開後，500個殖民者，在嚴冬中，只有60人活了下來。詹姆斯敦，雖然真的是個很好的港口，但太過沼澤化，被蚊蟲寄生，且缺乏新鮮的水源。居民和死亡、飢餓，以及亞拉岡昆族、那些土地被英國的殖民者略奪的印第安人交戰。亞拉岡昆的酋長包華德，起初准許造訪者在他的領土上，殖民、建設、開墾，但愈來愈多的殖民者前來，他開始厭煩殖民者在他土地上無限擴張。一些部落會趁著開拓者在田野工作時，攻擊殖民者。
Weather conditions were rough and supplies were low. Only 60 of the 500 colonists survived the harsh winter that followed Smith's departure. Jamestown, though it possessed a good harbor, was swampy, infested with mosquitoes, and lacked freshwater sources. The people fought against disease, famine, and the Algonquian Indians, whose land the British settlers now claimed. The Algonquian chief, Powhatan, at first allowed the visitors to settle, build, and farm in his territory, but as more and more came, he grew tired of the colonists' expansion on his land. Some of the tribe attacked settlers working in the fields.
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