Roanoke

Sir Walter Raleigh John White

Originally founded by Sir Walter Raleigh John White led expedition to stay permanently in 1587. 119 men, women and children Colony disappeared Virginia Dare first European white born

Jamestown

John Smith

pocahontas Not pocahantas

John Rolfe with Pocahontas

House of Burgesses

Jamestown Founded by the Virginia Company John Smith said to have saved Jamestown(If you don’t work, you don’t eat) Pocahontas---Indian Princess married John Rolfe Starving Time---1609-10 60 out of 838 survive Colony revived by use of indentured servants and slaves Beginning of Government ( House of Burgesses)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Separatists or Pilgrims

Self-Government Mayflower Compact

Separatists---Pilgrims 102 people on Mayflower Sailed 66 days---landed off course at Cape Cod Set up Self-Government---Mayflower Compact Elected a Governor---William Bradford Practiced Faith, Courage and Determination

1634---Maryland Founded by Lord Baltimore Established as a refuge for Catholics Eventually opened to all that would work hard

Peg leg Pete Duke of York

1664---New York Originally Dutch---New Netherlands Governed by Pete Stuyvesant (Pegleg Pete) Stolen by the Duke of York and renamed New York

William Penn and Indians signing treaty

1682---Pennsylvania Founded by William Penn Religious refuge for Quakers Principles of brotherhood and equality All were welcome

James Oglethorpe

1733---Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe Refuge for debtors Founded as a social experiment Served as a strategic buffer against Spanish owned Florida

Thirteen colonies