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Roanoke
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Sir Walter Raleigh John White
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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
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Jamestown
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John Smith
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pocahontas Not pocahantas
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John Rolfe with Pocahontas
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House of Burgesses
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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 out of 838 survive Colony revived by use of indentured servants and slaves Beginning of Government ( House of Burgesses)
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Separatists or Pilgrims
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Self-Government Mayflower Compact
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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
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1634---Maryland Founded by Lord Baltimore
Established as a refuge for Catholics Eventually opened to all that would work hard
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Peg leg Pete Duke of York
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1664---New York Originally Dutch---New Netherlands
Governed by Pete Stuyvesant (Pegleg Pete) Stolen by the Duke of York and renamed New York
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William Penn and Indians signing treaty
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1682---Pennsylvania Founded by William Penn
Religious refuge for Quakers Principles of brotherhood and equality All were welcome
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James Oglethorpe
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1733---Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe Refuge for debtors
Founded as a social experiment Served as a strategic buffer against Spanish owned Florida
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Thirteen colonies
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