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- Sir Walter Raleigh
- King James
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- All of Walter Raleigh's attempts to establish settlements under his patent of 1584 in Virginia, which
- North Virginia company
- then extended from Florida to the Bay of
- Plymouth company
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- Virginia
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- 1584
- April 10th 1606
- 1607
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Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers.
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Source Information
- Collection Title:
- Papers of the Continental Congress
- Publication Title:
- Papers of the Continental Congress
- Short Description:
- NARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789).
- Item Number:
- 59
- Publication Number:
- M247
- Item Description:
- Miscellaneous Papers, 1770-89
- Item Title:
- Miscellaneous Papers, 1770-89
- Volume Number:
- 2
- Volume Title:
- Volume 2
- Page:
- 1
- Subject:
- WINTHROP, JOHN, JR.
- Abstract:
- Unknown. Facts re first settlement and granting of charters to the American provinces. Undated. 6 p.
- Roll Number:
- 72
- Original data from:
The National Archives
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This is an interesting timeline of the colonization of North America by Britain based on the patents granted by various kings and queens.