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Sep 8, 1565
First permanent Spanish settlement is established at St. Augustine
St. Augustine in Florida was established as a Spanish fort in 1565, the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States. -
Roanoke Colony disappears and is called the Lost Colony
The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina's Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. The first group to arrive, in 1584, came to explore and map the land for future groups. A second group, which arrived in 1585, was charged with a military and scientific mission. -
Jamestown settlement established
English Settlement in the New World Settlers landing on the site of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. ... In 1606, King James I granted a charter to a new venture, the Virginia Company, to form a settlement in North America. -
Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe. Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians for several years. -
House of Burgesses formed
The House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America. -
Plymouth Colony is founded
Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Colony First colonial settlement in New England (founded 1620). The settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and settled on what is now Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts. ... Lacking a royal charter, government was established by the 'Mayflower Compact' ... -
Thanksgiving celebration feast is held
The English colonists we call Pilgrims celebrated days of thanksgiving as part of their religion. But these were days of prayer, not days of feasting. Our national holiday really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to celebrate the colony's first successful harvest. -
William Penn established Pennsylvania Colony
The Pennsylvania Colony was a royal colony. It was founded under a charter given to William Penn. Penn was granted the charter as a place for Quakers to settle. Charles II, King of England owed money to Penn's family. -
North Carolina Colony was founded
The Province of North Carolina was an English colony in North America that existed from 1653 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of North Carolina. North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. -
New Jersey Colony founded
The New Jersey Colony was founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley in 1664. The New Jersey Colony was originally named the Province of New Jersey, after the British island named Jersey. Prior to 1664 when it was surrendered to the English, the New Jersey Colony region had been ruled by Swedish and Dutch.