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Roanoke Island
In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island. They arrived to late to harvest crops and barley brought any supplies with. They went back home a year later. -
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Jamestown was founded
Twenty years later in 1607, a group of over 100 men landed on the Virginia's James River. A severe winter pounded their settlement. They almost ran out of food and many others were sick. 60 men made it through the hard winter to establish Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony. -
House of Burgesses
During 1619 in Jamestown was the first elected assembly by established.It was called the "House of Burgesses" . Only planters and other white men who owned property were allowed to vote or be elected.Nearly all of the members of the "House of Burgesses" were members of the church of England or the Anglican church. -
First Thanksgiving
With the help of the wampanoag people,they had an abundance of food and no longer starving. They celebrated they're first Thanksgiving in the colony.Since they were religious community, Thanks giving was a term they used for prayer and fasting (not eating). -
New York
The proprietors of New York and New Jersey all wanted to make money from there colonies. they decided to divide the fertile land into smaller pieces to colonists to farm. -
Maryland
Between 1632 and 1732, English colonists settled four more southern colonies.The colonies of Maryland ,North Carolina,South Carolina, and Georgia were all created for different reasons. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams was a dissenter who wanted more religious freedom. puritan leaders,however, believed that everyone had to follow the same religions laws.In 1636, Williams founded new colony that became known as Rhode Island, there people could worship freely. Williams also kept the government separated from the church this was an important event in history of religious freedom in North American. -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was founded when in 1636, Hooker led about 100 colonists west to Connecticut river. There they founded the town of Hartford. colonists were looking for good farm land and started good towns in the area. Others colonists from Massachusetts bay moved north and settled the area that became New Hampshire and Maine. -
North Carolina
King Charles the 2nd wanted to start an another colony on this land. He hoped that a settlement would help keep France and Spain out of the area. in 1663, Charles the 2nd formed new colony south of Virginia called Carolina. -
Pennsylvania
The king needed to pay a debt to William Penn, but instead of giving him money the king gave him land. That soon became Pennsylvania.
