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Queen Elizabeth promoted Raleigh to send over 100 men to Roanoke Island.
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Raleigh found out that his men were killed by Native Americans.
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The group of 100 men settled on the banks of Virginia's James River.
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John Smith returned to England and became ill.
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The House of Burgesses was established to be the first elected assembly.
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It took more than two months to sail from England to the New World.
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Pilgrims on the Mayflower, set sea for religious freedom.
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During fall time, Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast called, Thanksgiving.
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King Charles II decided to give William Penn land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey and Penn later called it Pennsylvania.
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Descendants of Pilgrims decided to celebrate the anniversary of their landing on Plymouth Rock.
