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Roanoke Island Colony Formed
In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Sir Walter Raleigh to send him and 100 men to the coast of Roanoke Island to form a colony -
Sir Walter Raleigh Sends More Settlers
In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh sent a second group of settlers to the colony of Roanoke Island. Then coming back in 1590 to find all of them were GONE... They were known as The Lost Colony. -
Jamestown Colony Founded
A group of men called The Virginia Company, found land and named it Jamestown in 1610 -
Pilgrims Found Plymouth
In 1620 the pilgrims sailed on a ship called the Mayflower and they were heading to Virginia. But instead they docked in the North to become know as New England. The land found was named Plymouth. -
The Pilgrims Learned To Plant Crops
In the spring of 1620 a Wampanoag named Squanto helped the Pilgrims hunt and grow crops for the winter. -
The First Thanksgiving
In th Autumn of 1620, the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag tribe to a harvested feast for giving thanks to God and the Wampanoag tribe that helped them thrive in their colony. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded
In the year of 1630 a group of Puritans were led by John Winthrop to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. -
Pennsylvania Colony Founded
William Penn, Son of Sir William Penn, found the state of Pennsylvania and formed a colony there in 1644 -
Mississippi Colony Formed
France’s Count de Frontenac sent settlers to Mississippi to discover the Mississippi River in 1673
