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Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island (of the coast of North Carolina). -
In 1587 they found out men in the fort were killed by some natives. Fernandez demanded they settle in Roanoke Island instead of Chesapeake Bay. -
In 1590 he had a grave discovery. The word "CROATOAN" was carved on a tree nearby.
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Men on a ship landed in the banks of Virginia. Virginia became the first colony. -
Captain Smith returned to England in 1609 after an injury, and Pocahontas stopped visiting the settlement. Then the relations between the settlers and the Powhatan nation weakened. -
1619 was a big year for Jamestown they had the first elected assembly. -
In 1620 the ship, Mayflower, was sailing from England to the New World. The people one the ship had to live on salted beef, dried biscuits called "hard tack" and other dried vegetables. It took over two months to sail from England to the New World. There was one baby born on the Mayflower her name was Oceanus. -
After our first successful harvest in the fall, Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast. -
New York became a colony in 1626, and turned into a state on July 26 of 1788
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In 1681 King Charles || gave William Penn land in Southern New Jersey