13 colonies By cjkorting Feb 24, 1587 sir waltor raleigh chose john white to be the govener of roanoke island Feb 24, 1608 james town was named after king james Feb 25, 1608 john smith had the colinists work or they woud not eat Feb 25, 1619 the afericans in james town Feb 25, 1620 king james allowed the pilgrims to setle in virginia Nov 25, 1620 The pilgrims landed in capecod Feb 25, 1636 Thomas hooker had about 100 followers help founded the coliny of coneticit Feb 25, 1681 king charles 2nd gave william penn land / pennsylvainia Feb 25, 1682 william penn arived in north america with about 100 colinists Feb 25, 1720 there were 10.000 people living in pennsylvainia by 1760 there were 22.000 peole living in pennsylvainia