The origin of Jamestown began with the support Of Virginia company of London, who were investors that hoped to profit from the journey. On December 6th, 1606 104 English men climbed aboard three ships named Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery and head towards North American. A year later on May 13th, they picked Jamestown Virginia for their settlement which is named after their King James the first, this settlement became known as the very first permanent English settlement in North America. This town was elected to settle on because of its deep water, good defensive position and it was not taken over by the native population. Captain John Smith became the leader of the town and introduced trading with the Powhatan Indians. Smith ended up going back to London to get more supplies and to promote Jamestown, but he never made it back because he died in an incident that contained gunpowder. The relationship between the Indian tribe and the English was not the best because they settle
d on the hunting ground. Even though the relationship was not the best, they were able to establish trading opportunities. Soon thereafter, the men started to lack supplies and captain Newport had to go back to London to see if he could bring back more supplies and more people. As settlers were getting adjusted and beginning their new life in this new town, they started to get sick with diseases that led to many deaths. Food started to run extremely low to the point of the town not succeeding, but thanks to the Powhatan Indians they were able to survive because they sent food to help them out. In 1609 through 1610 as winter approached the town became known as the ‘starving time’; by this time the English had ruined relationships with the Indians due to the high demand for food during a drought. In the spring of 1610 England settlers finally arrived with this implies Smith had asked for and these new settlers ended up providing a strong leadership under a governor with the help of mentors.