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The Queen of England let Raleigh take 100+ men to Roanoke Island! -
In 1607, a group of over 100 men landed in the banks of Virginia's James River which was not healthy to drink out of. -
Captain Smith returned to England in 1607 with an injury and Pocahontas stopped visiting the settlement. -
The settlers moved Pocahontas to another settlement and forced her to convert to Christianity. That is were she met John Rolfe and married him in 1614. -
In 1619 was a big year in Jamestown. The first elected assembly was established. It was called the House of Burgesses. -
In 1620 is when a group of English Puritans landed in the bays of Massachusetts led by John Winthrop. -
In 1620 the Mayflower sail from England to the New world some of the people on board were Separatists or Pilgrims. It took over two months to get there. -
In 1621 the first Thanksgiving was held led by Governor William Bradford, he invited Squanto and 90 other Wampanoag peoples. -
King Charles 2 decided in 1681 to give William P. land in the New World that was southwest of New Jersey.He did this, because he owed Will's father a loan. -
In 1732 the state of Georgia was found by James Edward Oglethorpe.