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First Look to Settle
Sir Walter Raleigh sent 100 men to see if they could settle in Roanoke Island. -
First Settlement
Simon Fernandez and over 100 Men, women, and children settled in Roanoke and John White was put in charge. The first settlement was created before John White went back to England to get more supplies. -
Croatoan!
2 years after settling, when John White got back to Roanoke Island with supplies after England defeated Spain, they discovered the entire original colony had disappeared. They looked everywhere but couldn't find any sign of them. The only clue was the name of a native American tribe carved into a tree "CROATOAN." -
First Permanent Colony
John Smith and 100 men settled on the banks of Virginia's James River. Unhealthy water, attacks by the Native Americans, and a severe winter left only 60 survivors. They formed Jamestown, Americas first permanent English colony. -
Relations Improve
John Smith of Jamestown was captured by the Powhatan Native Americans. After sparing his life, the chief of the Powhatan nation established good relations with the colony and even traded tobacco to England. They saw the colony as helpful and playful and shared food between them. -
Pocahontas
2 years after initially saving John Smith from being killed by her father's tribe, Pocahontas was captured by the colony during a war with the tribe because the chief had some of their men and weapons. She was then moved to another settlement, converted her to Christianity, and she met her husband John Rolfe. She continued to work for peace between the natives and the English. -
First Elected Assembly
Settlements were doing good and making big profits on crops, establishing big plantations. Jamestown created the first elected assembly called the House of Burgesses. -
Mayflower Voyage
The first Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower to escape the rule of England. They packed 130 people on the boat and headed for the new world in America because they didn't agree with the English church. They felt it had lost it's way and wanted to live in a place where they could practice their religion without being in trouble. They landed in Plymouth Harbor. They settled and created the Mayflower Compact to create laws and keep order in the new town. -
Thanksgiving Feast
After a rough start where half of the pilgrims died from weather, starvation, and disease; a Native American who spoke English came to the colony and taught them how to hunt, grow crops, and survive off the land there. This lead to a alliance with the Wampanoag tribe that lead to the pilgrims surviving and in celebration, they had the first Thanksgiving that lasted 3 days with the 90 Wampanoags there. -
Middle Colonies
William Penn decided to leave and establish a new colony in America, after being freed from prison for practicing his Quaker religion in England. King Charles the 2nd gave him land below the New England colonies to live free and be able to practice trial by juries, freedom from unjust imprisonment, and free from religious rule. This brought many nations of people to the New World and helped establish the middle colonies, who helped ship imports to the other colonies and the Native Americans.
