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Roanoke Island, VA
This was when the english settled in Roanoke Island. Seven ships sailed with 108 colonists. -
Williamsburgh, VA
This was when london founded Jamestown the first permanent english colony in America. That was the beginning of the state we know as Virginia. -
Jamestown, VA
Three ships arrived off the coast of what is now Virginia. -
Plymouth, MA
This was the year that Plymouth Colony was founded. This was the second english settlement in North America, after Jamestown. -
Salem, MA
This was when Salem was the Puritans' first settlement in the Massachusetts Bay area. Its name comes from the Hebrew word "Shalon" which means " Peace". -
Charleston, SC
This was when Charleston was founded. -
St. Augustine, FL
This was when the spanish built the Castillo de San Morcos in St. Augustine. -
Philadelphia, PA
The Englishman William Penn founded a city on the Dalaware River in South Eastern PA where he and his fellow Quakers could practice their religion freely. Penn named it Philadelphia.
