Greatest Dates of English Colonization

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  • Period: 1500 to

    The 13 Colonies

  • Roanoke

    Roanoke
    Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island.

  • "CROATAN"

    "CROATAN"
    They had found out that people who had settled in Roanoke had been killed by Powhatan. The word "CROATAN" was carved on a nearby tree. Nobody was there.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    A group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River. Jamestown was established America's first permanent English colony.

  • The House of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses
    The first elected assembly was established in Jamestown.

  • The Pilgrims

    The Pilgrims
    Over 100 pilgrims who wanted to escape from the church of England sailed on the Mayflower and landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • The First Thanksgiving

    The First Thanksgiving
    The pilgrims at Plymouth were losing success with the colony. Samoset and Squanto came to help the colonists.To celebrate their help, the colonist and the Native Americans had a big feast that lasted 3-5 days.

  • Massachusetts Bay

    Massachusetts Bay
    The Massachusetts Bay colony is given a royal charter.

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Massachusetts Bay Colony
    John Winthrop leads over 900 colonists to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • Maryland

    Maryland
    The first settlers for the new Maryland colony arrive in North America.

  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania
    King Charles II decided to give William Penn land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey. Penn called the new land "Sylvania" which means woods but later called it Pennsylvania.