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Roanoke Island
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Spanish Armada defeated
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Jamestown
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Pocahontas
Also known as Matoaka, Pocahontas died in 1617. Pocahontas helped with the colonization of America. Therefore her death was very detrimental to our "country." She was once a prisoner at Jamestown, and held selfless courage as she almost took an axe meant for John Smith's head. -
Colonists can now own land
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Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer, soldier, and writer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually was put to death after being accused of treason by James I. -
House of Burgesses meets
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Dutch bring Africans
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Virginia Company sends women
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King James declares Royal Colony