Colonial events

  • First permanent Spanish settlement is established at St. Augustine.

  • Roanoke Colony disappears and is called the Lost Colony.

  • Jamestown settlement established.

  • Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry.

  • House of Burgesses formed

  • Plymouth colony is formed

  • Thanksgiving celebration feast is held.

  • North Carolina colony founded.

  • New Jersey colony founded.

  • William Penn established Pennsylvania Colony.