colonial events timeline

  • Queen Elizabeth

    Queen Elizabeth

    In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke island
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  • men were killed

    men were killed

    In 1587 they found out the men in the fort were killed by some sort of natives.
  • The discovery

    The discovery

    It took England two years to defeat the Spanish and when white returned to Roanoke in 1590 he had a grave discovery it was the word Croatoan
  • they found land

    they found land

    In 1607 a group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James river which was not healthy to drink
  • captain Smith

    captain Smith

    In 1609 captain Smith returned to England after an injury and Pocahontas stopped visiting the settlement
  • getting married

    getting married

    In 1614 Pocahontas and john Rolfe got married.
  • The big year

    The big year

    In 1619 it was a big year for Jamestown the first elected assembly was established .It was called the house of Burgesses.
  • The baby was born

    The baby was born

    In 1620 the mayflower was in a storm and a baby named Oceanus was born.
  • Their feast

    Their feast

    After their first successful harvest in the fall of 1621 Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast
  • Giving land

    Giving land

    In 1680 the king granted 45,000 square miles of land west of the Delaware River to William Penn