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A group of colonist (91 men, 17 women and nine children) settled on the island of roanoke
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August 18 1590 colony had vanished entirely.
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King James I signed document to split to Atlantic Seaboard into two.
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The London Company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships: the Godspeed, the Discovery and the Susan Constant.
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Reached the Chesapeake bay 60 miles to the Jamestown river and built a settlement
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Learned how to grow tabbaco
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The first African american slaves arrived In Jamestown
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First english immigrants arrived in plymouth
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King revoked the Virginia Company’s charter and it became a royal colony.
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King granted 12 million acres of land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore.
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Gave territory between New England and Virginia
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Purtitans thought Massachusets wasnt good enough so formed Connecticut
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king granted 45,000 sq. miles of land west of Delaware River to William Penn, a Quaker with lots of land in Ireland
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The Carolinas split in to two North and South
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Built and wall between south Carolina and florida