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Period: Jan 1, 1580 to
time line
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Period: Jan 1, 1580 to
time line
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Colonists settle at Roanoke,Virginia
Roanoke was chartered by Sir Walter Raleigh. The first group that had settled in 1585, left the island to go back to island. -
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Settling the 13 American Colonies
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Roanoke colony is discovered to be abandoned
Nobody knows for sure what happened to the men, women, and children of the colony. -
Virginia Company of London settles Jamestown
Jamestown colony was located at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It is the 1st permenent English settlement in North America. -
John Rolfe introduces tobacco to English colonists
Tobacco was very valuable back then, because only Spain had tobacco seeds before this time. -
Pilgrims settle ay Plymouth, Massachusetts
Only about 35 passengers on the Mayflower were actually considered to be Pilgrims or seperartists from the Church of England seeking religious freedom. -
Massachusettes Bay Company settles at Boston
Puritans left the Church of England for religious freedom. -
The English conquere New Netherlands
The New Netherlands are renamed New York after the Duke of York. -
Colonists start arriving in the Carolinas
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King Charles gives land to William Penn to settle debt
William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania. Even though he had been given the land, he still paid Native Americans for it. -
Georgia was founded for poor people and debtors
In England at the time, people would be put in jail if they poor and owed money. James Oglethorpe offered freedom and a new life.
