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Settlers arrive in Roanoke
a group of colonists 91 men, 17 women and 9 children settled on the island of Roanoke. -
The end of Roanoke
roanoke vanished completely and no one really knows what happened to them -
King James I divides seabord
the North half was given to the plymouth company
and the southern half was given to the london company which later became the virginia company -
144 men go to Virginia
the London Company sent 144 men on three ships: the Godspeed, the Discovery and the Susan Constant to Virginia -
James town begins
the men reached the Chesapeake Bay and headed about 60 miles up the James River, where they built James town