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of the 144 colonizers who set out for Virginia (named for Queen Elizabeth I, the virgin
queen) under the charter of the London Company, 40 died during the journey. Making landfall
In 1607, the survivors established their colony of Jamestown on the north bank of what they
called the James River (named for King James 1). The poorly chosen location was swampy.
malarial, and in an otherwise heavily forested region that was unsuited to farming and under the
control of a powerful Indian confederation ruled by chief Powhatan. Disaster followed. All these
events and circumstances are described in Alan Brinkley's American History: Connecting with
the Past (37)
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