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Queen Elizabeth Sends Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh comes to New World with 100 men to settle New World. -
John White Put In Charge
Simon Fernandez transports 100 more people{men women and children}to start permanent settlement in Chesapeake Bay and John White is put in charge -
William Bradford
William Bradford appointed Governor of Plymouth -
John Smith And Jamestown
Captain Smith settles with a group of over 100 men to settle on the James river -
John Smith Leaves
John Smith becomes ill -
The First Elected Assembly
It became the House of Burgesses — the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives. -
Pillgrims Go To New World
In 1620 100 setllers go to New World on the Mayflower -
Feast
Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration . -
New York
New Netherlands, which became New York, was settled by the Dutch - refer to Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit. In 1664, King Charles II granted New Netherland to his brother James, Duke of York who took a fleet to the area. The Dutch surrendered New Netherlands without a fight and it was renamed New York. -
New Royal Colony
Virginia was made a royal colony -
John Smith Dies
Captain John Smith died in London on June 21, 1631, and was buried at St. Sepulchre's Church. -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled by John Wheelwright and others -
Quakers
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, was a Protestant sect founded in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people -
Connecticut
King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony -
William Penn Founded Pennsylvania
William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. -
Quakers Settle
Quakers Settle in Pennsylvania. The Quakers were persecuted in England and looked to have a colony in America with religious freedom. William Penn received a grant, which the King called Pennsylvania. The first settlement was Philadelphia - refer to Pennsylvania Colony -
The Making Of New England
King James II combines the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, East Jersey and West Jersey into a single colony: The Dominion of New England. -
Sir Edmund Andros
King James II appoints Sir Edmund Andros to serve as Captain General and Governor in Chief of New England. Sir Edmund Andros causes dissension with the colonists as he does not have to answer to any elected assembly -
Georgia
Georgia is settled. Georgia is settled. James Oglethorpe receives a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida. Georgia became a royal colony in 1752 -
New Date
Abraham Lincoln makes the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving -
New Thanksgiving Date
Franklin Roosevelt makes 4th Thursday in November Thanksgiving
