1C. 1607- In June of 1606, King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs, the Virginia Company, to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America. By December, 104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia, find gold, and seek a water route to the Orient. Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could n knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a wilderness. Recent historical and archaeological research at theot have been more ill-suited for the task. Because Captain John Smith identified about half of the group as "gentlemen," it was logical, indeed, for historians to assume that these gentry site of Jamestown suggest that at least some of the gentlemen, and certainly many of the artisans, craftsmen, and laborers who accompanied them, all made every effort to make the colony succeed. (http://www.apva.org/rediscovery/finding/index.html)
1620- Mayflower Compact- The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules that all of the passengers had written dictating the way that they would live their life. There were 41 Pilgrims who signed this document on November 11th near present day Cape Cod. However, these pilgrims were not aware of the impositions that King George would put on them and thus thanked him as their “Sovereign Ruler” (http://avalon.law.yale.edu)
The Mayflower and the arrival of Pilgrims- The Mayflower ship set sail for Virginia on July 1620 but it had to turn around twice due to the leaking of its companion the Speedwell. After leaving the Speed well behind, the Mayflower continued on its journey. There were several dangers in over-seas travel at the time, pirates often raided ship and diseases like scurvy and dysentery were rampant. Finally, on November 11th , 1620, they arrived at Cape Cod, then for a few weeks, they sailed up to Plymouth Rock. There, they met the Wampanoag Indians. Most construction happened