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John White traveled to Roanoke , an island off of North Carolina . Later , he became governor of Roanoke and brought more settlers.
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Queen Elizabeth 1 of England gave Sir Walter Raleign permission to sponsor the colony at Roanoke . He named Englands first colony after an unmarried , virgin , queen .
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in 1587 , the artist John White convinced Raleigh to try again to establish the Roanoke colony , with the disastrous results described in 1 Americans story .
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When the English defeated the spanish . religous and political rivalies increased between England and Spain . Spain had many coloinies and English had none , That made conflict and caused war .
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The company planned to establish settlements on the coast of North America . The two companies were called the Virginia company on London , and the Virginia company of Plymouth .
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The Virginia company of London sailed up to James River untill they founded a spot to settle . They named the first permanet English settlement of Jamestown , in honor of King James .
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John Rolfe developed an high grade tobacco that colonists learned to grow . It quickly became very popular in England . The success changed Jamestown in many ways .
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A tiny group of adventurs who came in the name of the Britsh Crown ,were primarily in quest of the wealth to be founed in "The New World ".
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The first assembly of elected represenatives of English colonists in North America . The house was established by the Virginia company .
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a company were investors placed money , to earn profits , bit if the investors company died , they would loss evrything the but into it .
