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Queen Elizabeth allows Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina
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arrival of John White at fort
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a group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia’s James River
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captain smith returns to England due to illness
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first elected assembly is established called the House of Burgesses
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The Mayflower experiences terrible weather and takes over 2 months to travel from England to the New World, over 100 people and only one death.
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first successful fall harvest, celebration feast is held by Governor William Bradford
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King Charles the second decides to give William Penn land in the New World that is southwest of New Jersey.
