England in America

Raleigh sent 100 men to settle on Roanoke island

Sent Spanish Armada to conquer England

Spanish control of sea ended, armada was defeated

Led group of sir Walter Raleigh

Founded James river and Jamestown

Disease and hunger, only little survived

Used seed from West Indies to grow tobacco

Virginia law in 1600's

First royal colony for England in America, Jamestown

Loyalty to England

Help the pilgrims survive

March 1621 Massasoit signed treaty

War destroyed power, people spread out of homes

More than half were enslaved Africans

Nathaniel bacon was leader west part of Virginia

Granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely

Calvert family and penn family fight over boundrys

Virginia's governor worked out agreement with native Americans

The last British colony to be established