Early America

  • Roanoke Island

    Roanoke Island
  • Spanish Armada defeated

    Spanish Armada defeated
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
  • Pocahontas

    Pocahontas
    Also known as Matoaka, Pocahontas died in 1617. Pocahontas helped with the colonization of America. Therefore her death was very detrimental to our "country." She was once a prisoner at Jamestown, and held selfless courage as she almost took an axe meant for John Smith's head.
  • Colonists can now own land

    Colonists can now own land
  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh
    English explorer, soldier, and writer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually was put to death after being accused of treason by James I.
  • House of Burgesses meets

    House of Burgesses meets
  • Dutch bring Africans

    Dutch bring Africans
  • Virginia Company sends women

    Virginia Company sends women
  • King James declares Royal Colony

    King James declares Royal Colony