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Queen Elizabeth sends Walter Raleigh and over 100 men from England to Roanoke.
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A group of over 100 men landed in the James River. This was also America's first permanent English colony.
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John Smith returns to England due to a gunpowder injury.
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The first elected assembly was established in Jamestown.
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Pilgrims come in search of religious freedom in the New World.
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The Pilgrims give thanks to God by having a feast with the Wamponoag Indians. This feast lasted about three days.
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Puritans from England establish the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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William Penn finds the colony of Pennslyvania.
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Plantations in the Southern colonies begin to rely heavily on slave labor.
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James Oglethorpe establishes the colony of Georgia
