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He was born in 1580 in Willoughby, England, he left home at age 16 once his father died. He began his travels by joining volunteers in France who were fighting for Dutch independence from Spain. A couple of years later, he headed off to the Mediterranean Sea, to work on a merchant ship. In 1600's he joined Austrian forces to fight the Turks in the "Long War." A valiant soldier, he was promoted to Captain while fighting in Hungary.



(He sponcerd the jamestown colony). John Rolfe was an earlier American settler, and his birth date is not found. He was one of many settlers sent by the Virginia Company of London, charged with finding ways to make the New World profitable, and in this assignment Rolfe was wildly successful.



Pocahontas played a significant role in American history. As a compassionate little girl she saw to it that the colonists received food from the Indians, so that Jamestown would not suffer the fate of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island. She is said to have intervened to save the lives of individual colonists.



Was the name of the virginia indian tribe, It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they was strong.After Chief Powhatan's death in 1618, hostilities with colonists escalated under the chiefdom of his brother, Opechancanough, who sought in vain to drive off the encroaching English. His large-scale attacks in 1622 and 1644 met strong reprisals by the English, resulting in the near elimination of the tribe.

The Pilgrims Two groups arrived in America one group was referred to as Saints and the other were called Strangers. Once the groups decided to settle at Plymouth both groups agreed to a truce entitled the Mayflower Compact. From it, the two groups would merge together and be known as the 'Pilgrims'. John Carver was elected as their first Governor. However, once they settled, only half of the settlers would survive the first winter. Most of them perished as a result of the voyage over; the threat of fire on the wooden ship forced most of the people to eat their food cold over the two month trip,this started leading to suffering disease.

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