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Period: Jan 1, 1580 to
13 Colonies Timespan
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Men From England
Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island -
Men Killed
John White and his men found out that some of the men inside the fort were killed by Native Americans -
Landing
A group filled with over 100 men landed on the banks of the Virginia Banks river -
Captain Smith
Captain Smith returned to England after becoming ill -
The House
In Jamestown, the first elected assembly was established, named The House of Burgesses -
The Mayflower
The passengers of the Mayflower had to endure 2 grueling months of travel to get to England to the New World -
Birth
On the Mayflower Oceanus Hopkins was born, and was the only child born on the Mayflower and was headed to Jamestown, Virginia since it had been a fully established colony for 13 years, but the ship landed further north in Cape Cod -
Plymouth Rock
A giant rock in Plymouth harbor across Massachusetts Bay -
Thanksgiving
In 1621, after the colonies first successful harvest, Governor William Bradford, invited Chief Massasoit, Squanto, and 90 Wampanoags. This would be later known as the first Thanksgiving -
Pennsylvania
Since the Puritans from the New England didn't accept the Native Americans, King Charles II decided to give William Penn some New World land south of New Jersey. He decided to name the land Sylvania which means "woods," but later decided on the name Pennsylvania