Jamestown was America’s first permanent settlement in Virginia in 1607. The colony on Virginia was sponsored by the Virginia Company which was led by a council of seven colonists with one serving as the president of the territory. The colonists began to search for gold despite one of the committees of seven members, John Smith’s advice to start searching for resources first. The colonists settled in Virginia and had to build a fort called Jamestown after experiencing numerous attack by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans led by their powerful chief Powhatan.

Jamestown was a small village community that was surrounded with wooden walls and was named after King James 1 himself. In 1608, the colonists elected John Smith as their president. John Smith created peace between the colonists and Chief Powhatan’s tribe. Both groups started trading with each other soon after that. Later, news came to Jamestown from England that a new governor from England will be appointed as the new head of Jamestown.