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First English Expedition to Roanoke
John White traveled to Roanoke, an island off of North Carolina. Later, he became governor of Roanoke and brought more settlers. -
John White established the Roanoke colony
In 1587, artist John White covinced Raeigh to try again to establish the Roanoke colony. -
Spanish Armada
The English defeated the Spanish ships, or fleet of Spanish ships, in 1588. This inspired the English to take control of land in America as the Spanish had. They believed they could be powerful too. -
Plymouth Company
In 1607, the Plymouth Company sponsered the Sagadahoc colony at the mouth of the Kenneber River in Maine. -
Viginia Company
In 1607, the Viginia Company of London financed an expedition to Cheapeake that included more than 100 colonists. -
John Smith
In 1609, John Smith was injured in a gun powder explosion and returned to England. -
John Rolfe grew tobacco
In 1612, John Rolfe developed a high-grade tobacco that the colonist learned to grow. In England it became very popular. -
African Americans came to Jamestown
In 1619, the first African Americans arrived in Jamestown. The population of Virginia jumped from about 600 in 1619 to more than 2,000 in 1621. -
Powhatan killed residents
In 1622, in response to land grabed by the colonists, the Powhatan killed hundreds of Jamestown's residents. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Governor Berkely's refusal of Nathaniel Bacon's demand sparked Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
