Selected Early North America Reference Maps, ca. The Powhatan Indians suffer a major defeat at the hands of the English. This year the death rate in the Virginia colony begins to decline.
Parliament passes the first Navigation Act affecting the colonies.
Whatever their geographic origin, imports to England must be carried only in English ships. 1652 July 8. England and the Netherlands go to war over England's 1651 Navigation Act. Representatives of the new Parliamentary government in England arrive in Jamestown to establish their authority over the colony. Governor Berkeley offers the colony's submission.