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Roanoke Island
Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men to Roanoke Island to explore. -
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13 colonies
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Harvesting
Raleigh and his men went back to England because they arrived too late to harvest crops and food. -
Appointed Leader
John White was appointed as leader and he moved his wife and children from England. When they arrived, John White found that his men had been killed by Native Americans. -
England defeats
After two years of fighting the Spanish invasion, England finally defeats Spain. -
Thin air
When White and Fernandez finally returned to the Americas, every one in the troop dissapeared like thin air. -
Virginia's James River
100 men and the captain, Captain Smith landed and boarded on the banks of Virginia's James River to explore. -
Illness
Captain Smith returned to England when he became ill and around this time Pocahontas stopped coming to the settlement in Jamestown. The relationship between the settlers and the Pohatan nation became weak. -
R.I.P.
Captain John Smith had died. When Pocahontas heard, she went back to visit Jamestown and was imprisoned by the settlers because her father had some of their men and weapons. -
House Of Burgesses
In Jamestown, the first assembly was established, called the House of Burgesses. -
"Thanksgiving!"
Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast with the Wampanog tribe that lasted for three days. This tradition still exists but we now call it Thanksgiving. -
Pennsylvania
King Charles II decided to give William Penn land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey. William named the land Penn for his last name and sylvania that means "woods". So that was how Pennsylvania got its name.
