Early America By ojanpera-lynchz1 Sep 24, 1583 Roanoke Island One of the first selements. COlonists mysteriously disapeared, no set idea why. Sep 24, 1588 Spanish Armada Defeated Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown Jan 1, 1608 French found Quebec Sep 24, 1618 Colonists can own land Sep 24, 1619 House of Burgesses Sep 24, 1619 Dutch bring Africans Sep 24, 1619 Virginia Company sends women Sep 24, 1620 Pilgrams found Plymouth Colony This leads to the 1st Thanksgiving. Sep 24, 1624 King James declares Royal Colony