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 Important Dates in
Virginia |
 Jamestown
On April 26, 1607, three ships -
carrying 103 men arrived at present-day Cape
Henry, at the southern entrance to Chesapeake
Bay. After a brief exploration of the area, the
small fleet sailed another 60 miles up the James
River and, on May 14, established the first
permanent English colony in America. |
 Captain John Smith
was the military leader of the Virginia Company
that founded Jamestown in 1607. Although
frequently at odds with his fellow colonists and
often at risk of losing his life at their hands,
he played a very important part in Jamestown's
ultimate survival as a colony. |
 Nathaniel
Bacon led a personal campaign
against any and all Indians in Virginia. Branded
a rebel by the colonial government, he
subsequently captured Jamestown and burned it to
the ground. |
 Nat
Turner's Rebellion (aka The Southampton Slave
Revolt) Early in the
morning of August 21, 1831, a band of eight Black
slaves, led by a lay preacher named Nat Turner,
entered the house of James Travis in Southampton
County, Virginia, and killed five members of the
Travis family. Over a thirty-six hour period,
this band of slaves grew to sixty or seventy in
number and killed fifty-eight White persons
before the local community could act to stop
them. |
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