Colonial Events By ThePerfectPingu_ 1585 First permanent Spanish settlement st. Augustine 1590 Roanoke disappears 1607 Jamestown is established 1614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe 1619 House of Burgesses is formed 1620 Plymouth is founded 1621 Thanksgiving was celebrated 1653 North Carolina is founded 1664 New Jersey was founded 1681 William penn establishes Pennsylvania