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The Cool Colonies

  • Period: 1500 to

    The 13 colonies

  • From England to Roanoke island

    From England to Roanoke island

    Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke island.
  • the lost colony

    the lost colony

    croatoan was a colony that john white wanted to explore but a hurricane forced him to go to england.
  • james river

    james river

    a group of over 100 men landed on the banks of the james river which was not healthy to drink.
  • house of burgesses

    house of burgesses

    the house of burgesses was the first elected assembly that is why 1619 was such a bg year.
  • The mayflower

    The mayflower

    Over one hundred pilgrims arrive in the New England colonies from England.
  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    Governor William Bradford held a celebration feast known as Thanksgiving.They wanted to be friends with the Indians so they decided to share there feast with the Wamponogs.
  • puritans

    puritans

    puritans were people who wanted to purify the church of england.
  • pilgrims

    pilgrims

    pilgrims were people that wanted to get away from the church of england.
  • William Penn

    William Penn

    William Penn was the creator of Pennsylvania he wanted to name it sylvania but his last name was Penn so he named it Pennsylvania .
  • bread basket colony

    bread basket colony

    The middle colonies were known as the bread basket colonies because they used mills to produce flour and wheat to make bread they also produced iron.