13 Colonies

  • 1585

    1585
    Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send out 100 people from England to Roanoke Island, Roanoke Island is off the coast of North Carolina.
  • 1587

    1587
    Near 1587 they found out the men in the fort were killed by some of my people. (Native Americans). A man named Fernandez and John White and many others decided to settle in Roanoke Island. When John White and Fernandez went to England for supplies they found out the war between spain and England had been going on. They were forced to stay in England. When they came back to the Island everyone was gone and the word "CROATOAN" was carved on a near by tree.
  • 1607

    1607
    In 1607 a group over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River witch in fact was NOT healthy to drink.
  • 1609

    1609
    Captain Smith went back to England witch then he became ill or as we call it, sick. Because of captain Smith's illness he stopped visting the settlement.
  • 1613

    1613
    In 1613 I (Pocahontas) heard that John Smith (My Lover) had passed away. I came back to visit Jamestown.
  • 1619

    1619
    In 1619 the first elected assembly was established. The first elected assembly was called the house of burgesses.
  • 1621

    1621
    In 1621 William Bradford had a celebration feast. (The First Thanksgiving)
  • 1681

    1681
    King Charles II decided to give William Penn land in the new world. King Charles decided this because he owed William Penn's father a loan.
  • 1620

    1620
    In 1620 the Mayflower had gone through a big storm. The sail was knocked down and our ship was rocking back and fourth. I Oceanus Hopkins was born on the Mayflower.