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1585-Queen Elizabeth allowed Ralegh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island after 2 of his men found it as a perfect place for a settlement.
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1587-John White was put in charge and brought his family.
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1606-English merchants started the Virginia Company of London.
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1607-A group of over 100 men landed on the banks of the Virginia James River which is not healthy to drink.
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1607-About 100 men and boys traveled to the present day Virginia.
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1609-Captain Smith returned to England when became ill and I stopped visiting the settlement.
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1619-1619 was a big year in Jamestown.The first elected assembly was established it was called The House of Burgesses.
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1620-The Mayflower was on the ocean with people on it.
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1621-Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast.
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1681-King Charles ll decided to give me land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey.