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  Columbus makes his first voyage and lands at America in 1492 in search of gold and riches
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  All adds up to how we ended up where we are now!
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  Roanoke colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and his group.
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  Jamestown colony is established by a group of people from England who want riches and gold.
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  Only 60 out of 500 in Jamestown survived the winter called the Starving Time.
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  John Rolfe marries Pocahontas in Jamestown.
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  The first slaves arrive in Jamestown to help with with work.
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  The Plymouth colony is founded by pilgrims in 1620
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  Quakers arrive in New England to settle.
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  The city of Phildelphia is founded.
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  The capital of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg.