The 13 Colonies

Roanoke founded

Nov 18, 1585

Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send 100 men from England to Roanoke Island

The men sent were killed by natives

Nov 18, 1587

When the settlers returned, they found that the men they had sent had been killed.

Jamestown founded

Nov 18, 1607

A group of over 100 men landed on the banks of Virginia's James River.

Quebec founded

Nov 18, 1608

Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec in 1608.

Captain Smith gets ill

Nov 28, 1609

Captain Smith returns to England in 1609 when he became ill and
Pocahontas stops visiting the settlement.

The first elected assembly was founded

Nov 28, 1619

The House of Burgesses was established in 1619 in Jamestown.

Mayflower survived a bad storm

Nov 28, 1620

The Pilgrims survived a storm that knocked them of course and ended up Plymouth.

William Bradford held a Thanksgiving feast

Nov 28, 1621

Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast in 1621 that lasted three days.

New Amsterdam founded

Nov 28, 1626

Governor Peter Minuit founded New Amsterdam in 1626.

Massachusetts Bay Colony founded

Nov 28, 1630

Governor John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.