The Thirteen Colonies

Raleigh was sent to Roanoke Island

Nov 28, 1585

1585, Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send 100 men from England to Roanoke Island.

Killed in a Fort

Nov 28, 1587

1587, John White's family found out the men left in the fort had been killed.

The virginia company

Nov 29, 1606

1606 English merchants started the virginia company of London.

Banks of Virginia's James River

Nov 29, 1607

1607 A group of over 100 men to Virginia's James River (was not healthy to drink.)

Being ill

Nov 29, 1609

1609, Captain Smith returned to England after being ill and stopped visiting settlements.

Learning

Nov 29, 1612

1612, A settler named John Rolfe learned from a local indian tribe that Tobacco grows well in Virginia

Africans

Nov 29, 1619

1619 First Africans arrived in Jamestown.

Elected assembly

Nov 29, 1619

1619 Jamestown's first elected assembly was established.

Mayflower

Nov 29, 1620

1620 Mayflower was being sailed with oceanus on it.

Sourth of New Jersey

Nov 29, 1681

1681 King Charles ll decided to give William Pen land in the New World that was south of New Jersey.