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Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh land in the new world.
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The first expedition to Roanoke arrived in the new world.
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White men were killed by Native Americans in the Chesapeake Bay.
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A group of 100 men led by john smith landed on the banks of Virginia's James river.
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Captain John Smith returned to England when he became very ill.
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The first elected Assembly, the house of Burgess, was established.
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New Netherlands was absorbed by the English and renamed New York.
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the Quakers left England to come to the new world for religious freedom.
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King Charles II gave William Penn land in the new world southwest of New Jersey.
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The Philadelphia Quaker meeting issued the first anti slavery document.
