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Two explorers found Roanoke Island and thought it would be a perfect place for a settlement.
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John White found that there was nobody there at Roanoke Island when he came back. The word "CROATOAN" was carved on a tree nearby. Croatoan was a local tribe.
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The settlers started to grow tobacco which turned into a profitable business so they started making plantations.
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America's first permanent English colony, "Jamestown" was established.
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The people signed the Mayflower compact so they could keep order and develop laws for the new colony.
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In 1620, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded because they got off course on their way to Jamestown.
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In 1620, the Mayflower was supposed to settle close to Jamestown, Virginia but a storm hit and caused them to go off course.
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Samoset came and spoke english with the colonists and later brought Squanto along who taught them how to hunt,gather, extra sap, and grow crops.
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After their first successful harvest in the fall of 1621, Governor WIlliam Bradford held a celebration feast. They wanted to share their food with the Wampanoags so they invited them.
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In 1681, the Pennsylvania colony wad founded because William Penn got a lot of land from King Charles II
