Belen Colonial Timeline

By BelenOH
  • Queen Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth
    In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island after two of his explorers found it be a prefect place for a settlement.
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    1585-1681

  • Simon Fernandez

    Simon  Fernandez
    They hired Simon Fernandez to take a 100 more people to start a more permanent settlement close by in the Chesapeake bay.
  • Virginia´s James River

    Virginia´s James River
    Twenty years later in 1607 a group of over 100 men landed on the banks Virginia´s James River which was not healthy to drink.
  • Captain Smith

    Captain Smith
    Captain Smith returned to England in 1609 when he became ill and I stopped visiting the settlement Then the relation between the settlers and the Powhatan nation weakened.
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower
    The high winds just blew over the sail and the storms are making our ship rock back and forth thats what happened to my parents on the Mayflower
  • Feast

    Feast
    After our first successful harvest in the fall of 1621 Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast.
  • King Charles 2

    King Charles 2
    King Charles 2 decided in 1681 to give me land in the new world that was southwest of New Jersey he did this because he owned my deceased father for a loan.