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| 1618 |
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| Sir Edwin Sandys became the dominant figure in the colony. He assigned 50 acres of land to every person who would transport one more settler to the colony. | 1 |
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| 1619 |
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| John Rolfe reported the arrival of 20 or more Africans in Jamestown. The captain of a Dutch man-of-war exchanged its human cargo for food. | 2 |
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| 1619 |
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| Sir Thomas Yeardley arrived as governor, bringing instructions for each plantation to elect two burgesses to a general assembly. The assembly met at Jamestown on July 30 and was the first representative assembly in America. | 3 |
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| 1621 |
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| Sir Francis Wyatt, the governor, brought over new regulations providing for government through a governor, council of state, and assembly, the assembly consisting of two burgesses, or representatives, elected from every plantation and town. | 4 |
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| 1622 |
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| Powhatan's brother Opechanough formed an alliance with other Chesapeake Indians and attacked English settlements, killing 347 settlers, about a third of the white population. Settlers retaliated by destroying Indian food supplies. | 5 |
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| 1624 |
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| Revocation of the charter. This step was taken as a result of dissension within the company and because the king disapproved of popular government and the raising of tobacco and desired to please the Spanish, who had protested against the founding of the colony. Virginia became a royal colony, with a governor and council appointed by the crown. | 6 |
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| 1640 |
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| Population increased to 8,000. Adoption of Indian agricultural technology (corn), which Indian women controlled, played a major role in the colony's survival. | 7 |
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