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Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke because two of his explorers found it to be a perfect place for a settlement.
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They found out the men in the fort were killed by some of Sir Walter Raleigh's men.
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Twenty years later a group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River which was not healthy to drink.
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Captain John Smith returned to England when he became ill,and Walter Raleigh stopped visiting the settlement.
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It was a big year in Jamestown.The first elected assembly was established.It was called The House of Burgesses.
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Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast to thank Squanto's help with teaching them how to hunt,farm,and fish.
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Another large group of immigrants left England for the New World.
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King Charles ll decided to give William Penn land in the New World, that was South West of New Jersey.He did this because of William Penn's deceased father for a loan.
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The interior of the Plymouth Quaker Meeting House in Montgomery County,Pennsylvania,built in 1708.
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Penn's charter and privileges.
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The Philadelphia Quaker meeting issued the first anti-slavery document in history.
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The Great Liberty Bell was rung on this day to celebrate the birth of a new Nation.
