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Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World -
Spanish Armada defeated
The English Navy defeated the Spanish Armada on the sea. -
King James declares Royal Colony
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement. -
Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Virginia Company Sends Women
Their initial arrival in 1608 and throughout the next few years contributed greatly to Jamestown's ultimate success. -
Tocacco Crop in the Colonies
English settler John Role begins experimenting with cultivation of tobacco. The tobacco grown by the Indians is much too harsh to sell in the European market. He learns there is a more mild strain of tobacco that can be grown inthe Chesapeake. Jamestown growers sent their first shipment to England in 1617. -
Pocahontas Captured
Pocahontas was captured by English settlers and held hostage in an attempt to recover settlers taken prisoner by Pocahontas's father, Powhatan. -
Colonists Can Own Land
Colonists could start owning land at this time in 1618. -
House of Burgesses Meets
House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
The Dutch bring Africans to the Americas
On this day on August 20, 1916 the Dutch first brought 20 odd some number of Africans to America as slaves.
