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Roanoke Island is located in North Carolina. It was named after a bunch of famous people at the time for founded the area in the 16th century at the time of the English Exploration.
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On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James. This settlement was the first permanent settlement in the United Sates.
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The Colony of Virginia was the first English colony in the world. The name Virginia was first applied by Sirt Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth in 1584.
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In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America. Very small, many attempts like the Lost Colont of Roanoke, often dissapered.
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The very first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown, Virginia. This first meeting was held on the date of July 30, 1619. They all met in a church as a choir. The members established precedents that were connected with the English parliamentary law.
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A few women were sent to Virginia to be wives for the Virginia Colonist. When these women were sent to Virginia we are looking at about the year of 1609, but when they actually became wives and mothers and over 140 maids were sent to Virginia from the years of 1620-1622.
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The first colonial printing press is set up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Rhode Island enacts the first law in the coloines declaring slavery illeagal.
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