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On April 1 26 1607 the first 105 colonist sent by the London company arrived in America they named it after Kings game the first into Jamestown and so it became the first permanent English settlement in North America the settlement Jamestown was about 40 miles up the Jamestown river in Virginia the lack of preparation cost many colonist live many colonists who came to Jamestown had no useful skills such as carpentry and farming Jamestown also suffered from disease came mosquitoes by winter two thirds of the colony died
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Rule under John smith and John smith took control of the colony in 1606 in 1909 he builds a 44th and sellers to work harder for a better reward the colonist received help from the powerful will happen confederacy Native Americans the Native Americans help these contests an taught them the land and how to grow corn Climate of Jamestown the climate of Jamestown was for from what did the English settlers were used to in the summers were humid and the winters were bitter cold
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Major industry and economicsThe settlers had to make many plantations to go Tobacco which sold well in new England other than that corn and wheat were grew the Powhatan taught James rolfe to grow these witch he told the colony Religion was favorable tords Roman Catholics and, Christianity was restricted by law of New England
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