Twelve years earlier, in 1607, three ships carrying about 100 ... There the colonists established their new settlement. Almost eight hundred more settlers arrived over the next three years.

The dogs likely lived between 1607 and 1617 ... Conditions for early settlers could be harsh. The winter between 1609 and 1610, known as Jamestown’s “Starving Time,” was so bleak that ...

During the summer and fall of 1607, illness had wiped out approximately half of the original Jamestown settlers. During this time, the Powhatan people, a confederacy of more than 30 Indigenous ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

In 1607, the English established their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that ...

Year-round, Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown present gallery exhibits, rare artifacts and ...