early English timeline

  • roanoke island

    roanoke island
    an island on the outer banks of north carolina, and was named after the Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people
  • spanish armada defeated

    spanish armada defeated
    130 ships sailed to england to take over, and then were ambushed by the english, and those who got away were killed by a storm
  • jamestown

    jamestown
    the first permenent settlement in the united states
  • colonists can own land

    colonists can own land
    in 1618, colonists could own land
  • dutch king brings africans to america

    in 1619, the dutch king brought africans over to the united states, for slaves
  • house of burgesses

    house of burgesses
    was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America
  • virginia company sends women

    virginia company sends women
    The Virginia Company refers collectively to a joint stock company chartered by James I on 10 April 1606
  • king james declares royal colony

    king james declares royal colony
    he declared it a colony for it had gold
  • Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector

    Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
    Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
  • south carolina founded

    South Carolina is a state in the southeastern United States, bordered to the north by North Carolina