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The first English settlement in the New World was abandoned. The only clue to what happened to the colonists' was the writing on a tree that said “CROATOAN”.
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The first permanent British settlement in North America
The colony was named Virginia in honor of Queen Elizabeth the First. -
This marriage helped to keep peace between the Indians and English settlers.
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Governor George Yeardley told the colony of Virginia he would establish a legislative assembly.
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Plymouth Colony was the first colonial settlement in New England and founded by Puritan Separatist Pilgrims.
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The holiday began with the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians who celebrated the autumn harvest in Plymouth.
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King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as the Lords Proprietors who establish the Carolina Colony.
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William Penn was issued a land grant by King Charles II to develop the Pennsylvania Colony.
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George Calvert, second Lord of Baltimore, founded Maryland
and named in honor of Henrietta Maria who was the wife of King Charles the First. -
Roger Williams founded the colony to guarantee religious and political freedom.
