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Roanoke Island
Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send about 100 men to Roanoke Island after 2 explorers found it to be a perfect place for a settlement. -
Roanoke Travels To England
Upon arrival in 1587, they found out the men were killed by some of the Native American's people. -
Founding Of Jamestown
Twenty years later in 1607 a group over a 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River which was not healthy to drink. They were immediately attacked by some of my people but were determined to stay, their leader, John Smith ordered them to build a fort for protection. They didn't have enough food and were running out and a lot of them were getting very sick. Only 60 men suffered all these hardships and they trudged on to establish Jamestown, -
First Anglo-Powhatan War
John Smith had returned in 1607 when he became very ill and Pocahontas stopped coming for settlement. Then the relation between the settlers and the Powhatan nation had weakened. -
Converted to Christianity
John Smith had died and Pocahontas was imprisoned because her father had some of their men and weapons! He moved Pocahontas to another settlement and converted her to Christianity. Pocahontas still encouraged peace between English and Native Americans. -
House Of Burgesses
First ship with enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia; founding of the House of Burgesses. Workers were needed in the Southern colonies because they relied on cash crops to boost up their economy. Slavery also started to die off from being over worked and diseases. -
Oceanus Hopkins
Oceanus's parents had to find way to protect themselves during bad weather. It took over 2 months to the New World. We were lucky though. Oceanus was born on the Mayflower. -
First Thanksgiving
There was a successful harvest in the fall of 1621, Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast. We wanted to share there harvest of food with the Wampanoags. -
William Penn
King Charles II decided in 1681 to give William Penn land in the new world that was southwest of New Jersey, He owed Penn's deceased father for a loan. He thought he would have called it Sylvia which means "woods", but later called it Pennsylvania. He guaranteed free fair trial by jury, freedom from unjust imprisonments, as well as freedom of religion and elections. This brought many nations to the land.
