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First english expedition to roanoke
John White traveled to Roanoke< an island off of North Carolina.Later ,he bacame govenor of Roanoke and brought more settlers. -
Virginia created
englands first colony was named virginia . it was named after the unmarried or virgin queen . -
Defeat of spanish armada
the english defeated the spanish ships. they believed they can be powerful too. -
plymouth co. sponsered the sagadahoc colony in maine.
built a colony in maine at the Kennebec River . Sonme settlers were english convicts . -
Jamestown founded
jamestown was founded by sailing up the james river . it was named after King james. -
Starving time survivors
only 60 of the colonist that was apart of the starving time survived . Two ships came to get them in 1610 -
birth of tobacco
john rolfe created a highgrade tobacco. jamestown was changed completely. -
new settlers
the first african-americans came to jamestown in 1619.from there, the population grew tremendously. -
powhatan attacks
tobacco plantations grew and took of pthe powhatans land . the powhatans had enough and killed hundreds of jamestown residents. -
bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel bacon was angry because of taxes . he got a group of men and burned down jamestown .
