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1517
Martin Luther Starts the Protestant Reformation Movement
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Original Roanoke Colony
Sir Walter Raleigh is given royal charter to set up a colony in the New World. He lands on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina. Eventually, they run out of supplies and rely on the Native Americans to help them survive. The Natives stop helping, and the colonists return home in 1586. -
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Raleigh returns to Roanke Islad and sets up a new colony. After running out of supplies, John White returns to England. When he comes back to Roanoke, there are no settlers,a nd the only thing left is a carving in a tree that says "CROATOAN." -
The Virginia Company Set Sail for Jamestown
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Virginia Company Arrives in Chesapeake Bay, Jamestown is Esablished
The first successful Eglish colony is established. -
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The Starving Time, Jamestown
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Pocahontas is Captured, Taken aboard the Treasurer
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Pocahontas Passes Away
Pocahontas passed away in England while visiting with her husband John Smith. She is buried in England. -
Williamsburg Esablished, Jamestown Abandoned
After struggling to grow crops and countless struggles with Natives, colonists move out of Jaestown and establish a new colony in Williamsburg, Virginia. -
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