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ronoke island
Under the aegis of Walter Raleigh, three voyages are made to Roanoke Island in the present-day Outer Banks of North Carolina -
spanish armada defeated
Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. -
colonists can own land
Jamestown's profit problems influenced the leadership in London to liberalize its rules. Among other things, colonists were allowed to own land and enjoy representative government -
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dutch bring africans
Point-Comfort, the Comandors name Capt Jope, his Pilott for the West Indies one Mr Marmaduke an Englishman. … He brought not any thing but 20. africans -
pocahontas on john get marryed
colonialOn or about this day, Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry in a ceremony performed by Richard Bucke and assented to by Sir Thomas Dale and Powhatan, who sends one of her uncles to witness the ceremony. -
virginia company sends women
women the Virginia Company recruited and shipped over about 90 women to become wives and start families in Virginia -
house of burgesses meets
cTwenty-two burgesses gather in Jamestown for the first meeting of the unicameral General Assembly. -
