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Sir Walter Raleigh came to Roanoke Island to set up a colony. He helped John White set up with the settlers. He thought that having a coloy to rival Spain was a good idea.
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White returned to Roanoke after fighting the Spanish in England for three years. When he returned, the entire poputation was gone, including his wife and children. The only sign was the word "Croatan" carved in a tree. It is still not known what happened to them.
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The House of Bergnesses is created. It was made up of twenty-two men. It was started in Jamestown, Virginia.
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The people of the Mayflower were headed to Jamestown, but they landed in Cape Cod instead. They decided to establish their own colony called Plymouth. Before they left thr ship, Forty-one men had to sign the Mayflower compact.
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Samoset came to the settlers of Plymouth. He was the first Native American to meet with the Settlers. He was the Native American to bring Squanto to the settlers.
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Lord Baltimore founded Maryland for religous freedom and seperation from the Church of England. It was a haven for Roman Catholics for forty-two years.
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Puritans minister Tom Hooker and the governor of Massachusetts founded the River Colony, later known as Connecticut. Later Hooker lost support in Massachusetts for his belief of the govenment being in consent of the people, not just God's will.
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After being kicked out of Massachusetts for his belief in the seperation of the church and the state, Williams went to live with the Narragansett Indians. He formed Providence, which is now the capital of Rhode Island.
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With the Duke of York in control of the former Dutch trading post, he renamed it New York. The city the Dutch called Amsterdam became New York City
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William Penn set up in a area that they called Pennsylvania. He had a good relationship with the Native Americans. Pennsylvania was a very inportant distribution center.
