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13 Colonies Timespan
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Walter Raleigh comes to the New World
They came to late to harvest any crops. They didn't know how to communicate with the Native Americans. -
Lost Colony
It took two years for England to defeat Spain. When John White returned nobody was there they called it "The Lost Colony." -
Jamestown established
It was America's first permanet English colony. Only 60 man could establish Jamestown. -
House of Burgesses established
The first elected assembly was established. They called it the House of Burgesses. -
Oceanus Hopkins Born
He was the only child born on the Mayflower voyage. He was born while the Mayflower was docked. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact, was signed by 41 English colonists on the Mayflower. It was a way to keep order and develop laws for the new colony. -
Pilgrims settle at Plymouth Rock
They traveled across Massachusetts Bay. They ran into a harbor called Plymouth. -
First Thanksgiving
They became friends with Native Americans. Squanto tought them how to make the ground fertile, how to harvest the crops, and they ate so much they were full. -
Puritans arrive in the New World
Unlike the Pilgrims they did not break from the Church of England. Instead they sought to reform the church. -
Pennsylvania established
King Charles 2 decided in 1681 to give William Penn land because he owed his dead father. William Penn decided to call the land Pennsylvania.
