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Charter to Virgina
Elizabeth I gave permission to Sir Walter Raleigh to go on a royal charter to colonize Virgina -
First English Establishment
91 Men and 17 Women settled on the Island of Roanoke -
Colony Dissapeared
The Settlers of Roanoke Island disappeared completely -
Atlantic Seaboard divided in two
King James divides Atlantic Seaboard. -
London Company sends out three ship to Virgina
144 men were sent in the three ships called The GodSpeed, The Discovery, and The Susan Constant -
Ships Reach Chesapeake
Ships sent by London Company reaches its destination and build settlement called JamesTown -
Tobbaco Growing
Virgina settlers learn how to grow tobbaco -
African Slaves
First African Slaves arrive in Virgina -
English Emigrants
The first english emigrants arrived in Plymouth in 1620 which would found the New English Colony which then they would be called Pilgrims. -
Virgina Company Charter Revoked
The King revoked the charter sent out by the company as he saw they were making money and he wanted to gain something out of it -
Tobbaco Colony
Crown grants 12 million acres of land which is located at the top of Chesapeake Bay. -
Territory given to the Duck of York
Territory between New England and Virgina was given to the Duck of York by King Charles II the territory was occupied by the dutch traders and landowners most stayed. -
Connecticut and New Haven
Puritans formed Connecticut and New Haven -
Delaware River
The King gave 45,000 squared miles of land to William Pen, A quaker with many lands located in Ireland -
The Founding of Georgia
A Buffer had to be build between South Carolina and Spanish Settlements in Florida so an english man named James Oglethorpe established Georgia