English colonies

english colonies in america

  • john white

    john white
    John White traveled to roanoke, anisland off of North Carolina. later he became govenor of roanoke and brought more settelers
  • white's forced return

    white's forced return
    white was forced to sail back to england a 2nd time to get needed supplies.
  • artist john white

    artist john white
    artist john white convinced raleigh to try again to establish the roanoke colony.
  • spanish armada

    spanish armada
    spanish armada when the english defeated the fleet of spanish ships.
  • financing of a colony

    financing of a colony
    financing a clony to raise money for the english, they turned to the joint-stock company.
  • the virginia company

    the virginia company
    virginia company of london financed an expedition to chesapeake bay.
  • 38 colonists alive

    38 colonists alive
    38 colonists remained alive. later that year john smith, a soldier, and an adventurer took control.
  • john rolfe

    john rolfe
    john rolfe developed a high-grade tobacco that the colonists learned to grow.
  • house of burgesses

    house of burgesses
    house of burgesses became the 1st representative assembly in the american colonies.
  • former servants

    former servants
    by the 1670's 1/4th of the free white men were former indentured servants.
  • bacons rebellion

    bacons rebellion
    bacon demanded that berkley approved a war against native americans to seize their land for tobacco plantations