Editing History of the United States (section)

====First settlement in Jamestown====
{{Main|Jamestown, Virginia|Colony of Virginia}}
[[File:1622 massacre jamestown de Bry.jpg|thumb|Following the [[Indian massacre of 1622|Indian massacre of Jamestown settlers]] in 1622, colonists in [[Virginia]] feared all natives as enemies.]]
The first successful English colony, [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], was established by the [[Virginia Company of London|Virginia Company]] in 1607 on the [[James River]] in [[Virginia]]. The colonists were preoccupied with the search for gold and were ill-equipped for life in the New World. Captain [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]] held the fledgling Jamestown together in the first year, and the colony descended into anarchy and nearly failed when he returned to England two years later. [[John Rolfe]] began experimenting with tobacco from the West Indies in 1612, and by 1614 the first shipment arrived in London. It became Virginia's chief source of revenue within a decade.

In 1624, after years of disease and Indian attacks, including the [[Powhatan attack of 1622]], King [[James VI and I|James I]] revoked the Virginia Company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony.