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Agnes Stone's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Agnes, her family, and friends. For example, Agnes is 28 years old when Sir Walter Raleigh sends several ships to establish the New World's first English colony. They name the surrounding area Virginia. This colony fails and survivors return to England two years later. He makes two more attempts at Roanoke Island, North Carolina and Virginia. Virginia Dare becomes the first child to be born at the second colony. Eventually all colonists die and these colonies fail.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 52 |
1608 |
Lippershey invents the telescope |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 28 |
1584 |
Sir Walter Raleigh sends several ships to establish the New World's first English colony. They name the surrounding area Virginia. This colony fails and survivors return to England two years later. He makes two more attempts at Roanoke Island, North Carolina and Virginia. Virginia Dare becomes the first child to be born at the second colony. Eventually all colonists die and these colonies fail. |
| 51 |
1607 |
Britain establishes their first successful colony at Jamestown, Virginia after King James I grants the Virginia Company a charter to settle in the Chesapeake Bay region. |
| 54 |
1610 |
Pocahontas is captured by the Jamestown Colonists as misunderstandings and hostilities escalate between the two cultures. Two years later she will save John Smith's life. |
