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Vataja's Timeline

  • First english expedition to roanoke

    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

    Virginia created

    englands first colony was named virginia . it was named after the unmarried or virgin queen .
  • Defeat of spanish armada

    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.

    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 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

    birth of tobacco

    john rolfe created a highgrade tobacco. jamestown was changed completely.
  • new settlers

    new settlers

    the first african-americans came to jamestown in 1619.from there, the population grew tremendously.
  • powhatan attacks

    powhatan attacks

    tobacco plantations grew and took of pthe powhatans land . the powhatans had enough and killed hundreds of jamestown residents.
  • bacon's rebellion

    bacon's rebellion

    Nathaniel bacon was angry because of taxes . he got a group of men and burned down jamestown .