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Roanoke
a group of colonists settled on the island of Roanoke -
Disappearance of Roanoke
the colony on Roanoke vanished entirely -
The Split of the Atlantic Seaboard
The northern half of the Atlantic Seaboard was given to the Pymouth company. The southern half was given to the London. The division was caused by King James I issuing a royal charter. -
London Company to Virginia
The London Company sent 144 men on 3 ships to Virginia -
Jamestown Established
the London Company arrives on Chesapeake bay and built a settlements called Jamestown -
Tobacco
Virginia's settlers learned how to grow tobacco -
African Slaves
first African slaves arrived -
First English Emigrants
first English emigrants to what would become the New England colonies were a small group of puritan separatists, later called the pilgrims, who arrived in Plymouth -
Virginia Company's Charter Revoked
king revoked the Virginia Company's charter and it became a royal colony -
Massachusetts Bay Company
the Massachusetts Bay Company sent a much larger group of puritans to establish another Massachusetts settlement -
12 Million Acres to Cecilius Calvert
the crown granted 12 million acres of land at the top of Cesapeake bay to Cecilius Calvert, the second lord baltimore. -
Duke of York
King Charles II gave territory between New England and Virginia to his brother, Duke of York -
Connecticut and New Haven Formed
puritans who thought that Massachusetts was not pious enough formed Connecticut and New Haven -
William Penn
king granted 45,000 square miles of land wet of delaware river to William Penn -
Carolina's split
Carolina's split, making North Carolina and South Carolina -
Georgia Colony
inspired by the need to build a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish settlements of florida, Englishmen James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia