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Roanoke island and the dead men
Queen Elizabeth had sen 100 men to Roanoke island. A few years later ( two years later to be exact ) they found out that some of the men were killed by Raleigh's people. -
England and it's illness
Captain Smith returned to England in 1609 when he became ill. -
Jamestown and the big year
1619 was a very big year in Jamestown because the first elected assembly was established, called "House of Burgesses" -
England to the New World
It took over two months to sail from England to the New world. We were lucky though. There were over a hundred of us and only one death occurred. There was also one baby born on our journey. It was me! I was born on the Mayflower! My parents named me Oceanus Hopkins. -
The Mayflower and the bad weather
The high winds just blew over the sail and the storms are making our ship rock back and fourth. That is what happened to my family on the Mayflower back in 1620. My parents had to find ways to protect themselves during bad weather. They also had to live on salted beef, dried biscuits called "hard tack", and other dried vegetables until they were able to cook on the deck. -
The food harvest of Thanksgiving
We wanted to share our harvest of food with the Wampanoags so we invited Squanto, Chief Massasoit, and 90 Wampanoags. Out celebration lasted three days! This tradition in America that you call Thanksgiving! -
King Charles and the land
Puritans in the New England colonies didn't accept us, King Charles || decided in 1681 to give me land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey, He owed my deceased father for a loan.
