Colonial Events By RAINBOWKITTY 1585 First permanent Spanish settlement! 1590 Roanoke Colony disappears 1607 Jamestown settlement was established 1614 Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry 1619 House of Burgesses was formed 1620 Plymouth colony is found 1621 Thanksgiving celebration feast is held 1653 North Carolina colony was found 1664 New Jersey colony was found 1681 William Penn established Pennsylvania colony