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Queen Elizabeth allows Sir Walter Raleigh to send 100 men to Roanoke.
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The Croatoans attack the fort housing Sir Walter Raleigh's colony.
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A group of over 100 men land on the James river.
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Captain Smith returns back to England when he falls ill.
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Henry Hudson, employed by the Dutch, ignored the land claims of England, discovered both the Hudson and Delaware rivers in 1609, and established colonies along them.
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First elected assembly was established.
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Indentured servants begin to arrive by boat.
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The pilgrims land in the new world on the mayflower.
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England's first attempt to establish a colony occurred in 1607 off the coast of Maine by the Plymouth Company, but it failed. Plymouth Colony was not established until 1620.
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William Bradford's thanksgiving feast lasts three days
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The first thanksgiving is held by Gov Bradford
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Pilgrims ship[mayflower]anchors at cape cod.
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The Pilgrims become the first permanent colony.
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The Puritans leave England to try and recreate the Church of England.
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John Smith dies after falling ill.
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The Quakers depart from England.
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In the New England Colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire became states in 1788, and Rhode Island became a state in 1790.
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In 1939, however, the last Thursday in November fell on the last day of the month. Concerned that the shortened Christmas shopping season might dampen the economic recovery, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Presidential Proclamation moving Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday of November.
