Early American Colonies By cammi_leigh Sep 25, 1583 Roanoke Island Sep 25, 1588 Spanish Armada Defeated Dec 31, 1607 Jamestown Sep 25, 1614 Named New England Captain John Smith named New England. Sep 25, 1614 Colonists Rent Land In 1614 colonists could rent land from England. Not until 1618 could they buy it to own. Sep 25, 1618 Colonists Own Land Sep 25, 1619 Virginia Company Sends Women Sep 25, 1619 House of Burgesses Meets Sep 25, 1619 Dutch Bring Africans Sep 25, 1624 King James Declares Royal Colony
