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Lost Colony
1585: In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Mr. Raleigh to send over 100 men to Roanoke Island after it was found to be perfect for settlement. -
John White
1587: In 1587 John White was put in charge to go to Roanoke after Simon Fernandez was fired. John White saw that the men that were under Fernandez had been killed by the Native Americans. -
James River
1607: In 1607 a group of 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia’s James River. -
John Smith
1609: In 1609 Captain John Smith went back to England and became very sick and stopped traveling around the world. -
John Smith death
1613: Four years after John Smith became very sick he died in England. -
Jamestown
1619: 1619 was a big year for Jamestown. This was the year that the House of Burgesses was established and also the year that the black workers were captured and called indentured servants. -
Mayflower
1620: In 1620 the people on the Mayflower reached the new land and it was called the new colony. -
First Thanksgiving
1621: In 1621 the Pilgrims had a very good fall and their Governor wanted to have a celebration with the tribes. They wanted to share their harvest foods and this became a tradition in American call Thanksgiving. -
Quakers
1681: In 1681 the religion Quaker was not accepted even by the Puritans. King Charles gave the Quackers their own land southwest of New Jersey for religous freedom. -
Georgia
In 1733 Georgia was the last colony to join the Britsh colonies . King George II declared the colony of Georgia 1733.
