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In 1585, Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island.
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After 2 years, John White returned to Roanoke to find out that nobody was there! It is still a mystery where they went even today.
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100 men land on the banks of Virginia's James River. Only 60 survived the harsh winter and trudged on to establish Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony.
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Captain John Smith returns to England after getting ill from a gunshot wound.
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The House of Burgesses, the first elected assembly, was established.
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Pilgrims came to the New World for religious freedom aboard the Mayflower. They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The pilgrims invited the Native Americans to a three-day feast to show thanks for all of the help that they gave the pilgrims.
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John Winthrop, a puritan leader, founded the colony Massachusetts.
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King Charles II granted William Penn land because he owed Penn's deceased father a loan.
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James Olgethorpe founded Georgia in 1732 and he started the colony privately.
