Virginia

Map of Northern Colonies John Smith: Cultivated tobacco Pocahontas: Wife of John Rolfe, and daughter of King Powhatan King Powhatan: Algonquian, and high chief
 * Date Founded || 1607 ||
 * Founded By || London Company ||
 * Purpose of colony(Reason for founding the colony) || Wealth, convert Indians into Christians, tobacco cultivation ||
 * Type of Colony || Chesapeake Colony ||
 * Primary Economic Activities || Tobacco production and expansion ||
 * Major Events/People/Key Ideas || John Smith, King Powhatan John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Jamestown ||
 * Date it became a Royal Colony || 1624 ||

John Rolfe and Pocahontas: John Rolfe married Pocahontas and exported improved tobacco

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By: Jon Taylor and Emoke Pomart