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Roanoke Island
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Spanish Armada defeated
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Jamestown
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Colonists can own land
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Land Ownership
In the beguning, investors in the Virginia Company in England were unhappy with the accomplishments of their Jamestown colonists. They therefore sought a new charter, which the king granted in May 1609. They took immediate steps to put the company on a sounder financial footing by selling shares valued at 12 1/2, 25, and 50 pounds (English monetary unit, originally equivalent to one pound of silver). Investors were promised a dividend from whatever gold, land, or other valuable commodities -
House of Burgesses meets
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Virginia Company sends women
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Dutch brings Africans
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King James declares Royal Colony
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African Americans
African-American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African-American or Black American ethnic groups in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of captive Africans held in the United States (or territories that would become the United States) from 1619 to 1865.
