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The first permanent English colony established in present day Virginia.
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Santa Fe was the first permanent European settlement in the soutywest estanlished by the Spaniards.
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John Rolfe crossed tobacco strains to make Virginia's first tobacco crop.
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The Virginia Company established a group of representatives in Jamestown.
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The Plymouth colony was established by the Pligrims.
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John Winthrop delivers his famous sermon about the future New England colony of Massachusetts that would be an example to the world.
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Bacon's rebellion began when Virginia colonists took up arms to protect themselves against Indians after tensions arose between the rich and poor.
