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Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island. -
John White was put into charge and brought his family along. -
Ordered to build a fort for protection. -
The Virginia James River was not healthy to drink. -
Jamestown was Americas first permanent English colony. -
The Mayflower took over 2 months to sail from England to the New World. -
After a successful harvest in the fall of 1621 Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast. -
King Charles II decided in 1681 to give William Penn land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey. -
New York became a state on July 26, 1788. -
North Carolina became a state November 21, 1789.