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In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send 100 men from England to Roanoke.
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Twenty years later in 1607 a group of over 100 men land on
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In 1609 Captain Smith became ill
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The first elected assembly was establish. It was called the House of Burgesses
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1619 slavery became prevalent
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The pilgrims left in 1620 for religious freedom.
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1621 William Bradford held a celebration feast.
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1675 Quakers left England
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King Charles 2 decided in 1681 to gives William Penn land
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1776 the great bell rung to celebrate the birth of a new nation
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1934 Roosevelt set the date for thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday
