English ships carrying 75 settlers land on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina.
July 27, 1585
This is the site for the english settlement.
July 27, 1585
A group of 121 English settlers led by John White Lands at Roanoke. Unfortunately, the group could not find evidence of Grenville's 1586 party. There were no survivors.
There's a stick that's broken, maybe they went this way!
July 22, 1587
Three ships carrying 105 settlers select a site on Chesapeake Bay for a new settlement named Jamestown.
May 13, 1607
They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America.