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Queen Elizabeth
In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island after two of his explorers found it be a perfect place for a settlement. -
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1585-1681
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Simon Fernandez
They hired Simon Fernandez to transport over 100 more people to start a more permanent settlement close by in Chesapeake Bay. -
Virginia's James Bank
Twenty year later in 1607, a group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River which was not healthy to drink. -
Captain Smith
Captain Smith returned to England in 1609 when he became ill, and I stopped visiting the settlement. -
Jamestown
1619 was a big year in Jamestown, the first elected assembly was established. -
1620
High winds blew over the sail and storms are making our ships rock back and forth. -
Feast
After our first successful harvest of the fall of 1621, Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast. -
King Charles 2
Since even the Puritans in the
New England colonies didn't accept us, King Charles 2 decided in 1681 to give me land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey, He did this because he owed my deceased father for a loan.
