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 founded

  • Thanksgiving celebration feast is held

  • North Carolina Colony was founded

  • New Jersey colony founded

  • William Penn established Pennsylvania Colony

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