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Queen Elizabeth permitted Walter Raleigh to send 100 men to Roanoke Island.
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In 1587, John White's family found out upon arrival that some of the Native Americans had killed some of his men.
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20 years later, A group of at least a hundred men settle on the banks of the Virginia river. They're a attacked and suffer hardships and only 60 of the men survive and establish the first English colony - JAMESTOWN!
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As John Smith goes back to England, he becomes ill in 1609.
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In 1613, John Smith dies of illness and Pocahontas is captured while trying to visit him and is converted to Christianity.
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The first elected assembly is created called the House of Burgesses.
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The voyage of the Mayflower is commenced.
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The Mayflower voyage is finished and instead of landing in Jamestown, they settle in Cape Cod, where it is later to become Plymouth, which beholds the famed Plymouth Rock.
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In 1621, the first celebration for Thanksgiving is held and lasted three days and was attended by 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.
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King Charles II gives land to William Penn because he owed his father debt. Penn named the land given to him Pennsylvania, also known as the Penn Woods.
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