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Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh and 100 men to sail to Roanoke Island to establish the first English settlement in America.
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After a journey to England to get supplies,plus a two year delay because of war between England and Spain, John White found out that every house was deserted in Roanoke and the only clue how the settlers were gone was a word carved on a tree which was "Croatoan".
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100 men land at the James River, creating the first permanent English settlement.
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Captain John Smith,leader of the Jamestown settlement,is injured and has to go back to England.
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The first elected assembly was established in Jamestown and was called the House of Burgesses.
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The pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock,making Massachusetts a colony
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Governor William Bradford announces a celebration feast with the Wampanoag Indians,called the first Thanksgiving.
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With a new charter granted by the king,colonists formed the colony Conneticut.
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King Phillip of the Wampanoag Indians,fights against the settlers to reclaim land and to destroy the English towns.
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King Charles II decided to give land to William Penn for a loan he had to pay off to William's deceased father. This led to the creation of Pennsylvania,in which there was freedom of religion,fair or free trial by jury,and freedom from unjust punishments.
