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1584 - April 27
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe reach Roanoke Island in July,
authorised by Sir Walter Raleigh, claim the land and return to
England in September.
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1585 - Sir Walter
Raleigh (1554-1618) led expeditions to both North America and
South America in order to found new settlements and find gold.
Raleigh sends several shiploads of colonists to the east coast
of North America and names Virginia in honour of Elizabeth,
the Virgin Queen.
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1585 - Raleigh's
fleet of seven vessels under Sir Richard Grenville (1541 -
1591) reach Roanoke Island in June
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1586 - The
colonists on Roanoke Island are forced to return to England
due to hardships
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1587 - John White
( 1540? - 1606 ) with 150 men, women, and children sent by Sir
Walter Raleigh and found the City of Raleigh & establishes a
second English colony at Roanoke and becomes Governor
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1587 - August 18 -
Elinor White Dare gave birth to a daughter, Virginia Dare, the
first child born of English parents in the New World
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1587 - August 22 -
John White returns to England for more supplies leaving the
thriving colony. Seven assistants are left in charge with
strict instructions that if the colonists should decide to
leave the fort, they would carve their destination on a tree
and add a Maltese cross if they had to leave because of attack
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1590 - August 15
John White arrives back to Roanoke to find that the settlers
have all disappeared. The word "CROATOAN" is found carved into
a tree without any crosses or signs of distress. The fate of
"The Lost Colony" remains a mystery
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1602 - Sir Walter
Raleigh sends Samuel Mace of Weymouth on a voyage to Virginia
(North Carolina) to explore and search for survivors of the
Lost Colony
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1606 - 10 April
English investors form the London Virginia Company are backed
by a royal charter to finance permanent English settlements in
the New World
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1607 - Virginia
Colony established by colonists dispatched by the London
Company found the first permanent settlement at Jamestown
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1609 - Henry
Hudson (1565-1611) English and navigator explores the area1609 - Henry
Hudson (1565-1611) English and navigator explores the area
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1612 - John Rolfe
(1585 - 1622) exports first crop of improved tobacco
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1614 - John Rolfe
and Pocahontas marry at Jamestown on April 5
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1671 - Thomas
Batts and Robert Fallam establish English claims to the Ohio
Valley
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For interesting
information refer to
Facts about the Virginia Colony
Facts about the
History of Virginia History - 1700's
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1722 - Virginia
government allows families to live rent-free for ten years on
land owned by the state
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1722 - Iroquois
surrender claims to land south of the Ohio River in addition
to counties in the eastern panhandle
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1725 - Northern
part of western Virginia explored by fur trader John Van Nehne
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1732 - Scottish,
Irish, Welsh, and German pioneers settle the western portions
of Virginia including Harper's Ferry
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1744 - Territory
ceded to the English by Indians of the Six Nations
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1748 - "The
Harpers Ferry" begins carrying passengers across the
Shenandoah River
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1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 - 1783 - The
American Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total
power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies
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July 4, 1776 -
United States Declaration of Independence
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July 10, 1778 -
France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with
the American revolutionary forces
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September 3, 1783
- The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United
States and the defeated Great Britain
Facts about
the History of Virginia History - The Early 1800's
Facts about the
History of Virginia History - The American Civil War
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1861 - 1865 The
American Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in
motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil
War. Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861
the South Secedes. The
initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the
secession of Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, and North Carolina.
These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States
of America. The
bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the
end of the Confederacy.
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1865 December 6 -
The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the
U.S Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing
slavery
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1898-1901 The
Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris
the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
Origin of the name
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