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Roanoke
A group of colonists (91 men, 17 women and nine children) settled on the island of Roanoke. -
Roanoke
colony had vanished entirely. -
Division of the Atlantic Seaboard
King James I issued Royal Charter which divided the Atlantic seaboard in two -
Jamestown
the London Company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships: the Godspeed, the Discovery and the Susan Constant. -
Jamestown
They reached the Chesapeake Bay and headed about 60 miles up the James River, where they built a settlement they called Jamestown. -
Life in Jamestown
Virginia’s settlers learned how to grow tobacco, it seemed the colony might survive. -
Life in Jamestown
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia -
Pilgrims
the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth -
House of Burgesses
King revoked the Virginia Company’s charter and it became a royal colony. -
The Tobacco Colonies
crown granted 12 million acres of land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. -
The Middle Colonies
King Charles II gave territory between New England and Virginia (already occupied by Dutch traders and landowners) to his brother, the Duke of York. -
The Middle Colonies
king granted 45,000 sq. miles of land west of Delaware River to William Penn, a Quaker with lots of land in Ireland -
The Southern Colonies
inspired by the need to build a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish settlements in Florida, the Englishman James Oglethorpe established the Georgia colony.