|
Colony/Expedition |
Years |
Leader |
Results |
|
Roanoke Island
(The 1st Time) |
1585 |
Sir Walter Raleigh sent the colonist off |
They returned to England. |
|
Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony) |
1587 |
Sir Walter Raleigh sent John White as the leader |
John went to England for food & tools. When he returned, there was only CROATOAN carved on a tree. |
|
Spanish Armada |
1588 |
King Philip II of Spain attacked England. |
The English defeated the Spanish armada. |
|
Jamestown |
1607 |
John Smith |
First permanent English settlement. |
|
Hudson’s expedition |
1609 |
Henry Hudson |
Searched for Northwest Passage failed. Dutch begin trade with Native Americans. |
|
Jamestown |
1614 |
John Rolfe |
Found a way to harvest tobacco. Tobacco becomes cash crop for Virginia. |
|
Jamestown |
1619 |
|
The first African Americans arrived in Jamestown. The first women arrived in Jamestown and the House of Burgesses met for the first time.
|
|
Plymouth |
1620 |
William Bradford |
Mayflower Compact,
begin peaceful relations with the Wampanoag. |
|
Plymouth |
1621 |
Wiliam Bradford, Squanto & Massasoit |
The first Thanksgiving |
