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They only wanted money, so they started seeling wool instead of sheep. This led to a food shortage causing them to move.
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Roanoke was the first colony. There were 91 men, 17 women and 9 children.
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When they reuend they came to find that the colony had vanished entirely.
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James I creaated a Royal Charter which allowed the people to settle.
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The London Company sent 144 men to Virginia.
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Headed 60 miles up the river where they built a settlement called James Town.
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Started growing tobacco.
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First african slaves arrived
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The pilgrims arrived in Plymouth.
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Crown granted 12 million acres of land to the second Lord Baltimore. They used the plantation to grow tobacco and the slaves to work in the fields.
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King Charles II gave territory to his brother, the Duke of York, whcih is known today as New York.
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Connecticut and New Haven combined in 1665
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King granted 45,000 sq. miles of land to William Penn, which is now currently known as Pennsylvania.
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In 1732 James Oglethorpe established the Georgia colony.