One leader of this city, tobacco entrepreneur John Rolfe, married the daughter of Powhatan, Pocahontas.
As an alternative to the swampy environs of this place, Henricus, was founded by Thomas Dale. Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, saved this location from disaster when George Percy's abysmal negotiating skills caused the "Starving Time." The House of Burgesses was established at this location in 1619. One leader of this city, tobacco entrepreneur John Rolfe, married the daughter of Powhatan, Pocahontas. For 10 points, John Smith was one leader of what first permanent British settlement in the modern United States, established in 1607 in Virginia?
As an alternative to the swampy environs of this place, Henricus, was founded by Thomas Dale.
Jamestown, Virginia [or James Fort]