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Roanoke Colony or the lost colony. Hundred people are sent to help the colonists at Roanoke Island, but they never arrive. Roanoke is also seen as the Lost Colony.
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Hundred settlers from England with their ships Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery land in Chesapeake Bay, near Jamestown.
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John Smith and the London company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
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The Mayflower of English Separatists lands in Plymouth on Novemder 11.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) is established as the 2nd Colony.
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New Hampshire becomes the 3rd Colony.
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Virginia becomes a royal colony of England.
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New Amsterdam is settled, which later became New York.
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Maryland becomes the 4th Colony.
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Providence and Portsmouth joins together and form the 5th colony
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Connecticut becomes the 6th Colony.
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Deleware becomes the 7th Colony.
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New Hampshire becomes part of Massachusetts.
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Virginians settle the 8th Colony; the North Carolina Colony.
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New York becomes the 11th Colony.
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New Jersey becomes the 10th Colony.
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South Carolina is established as the 9th colony.
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New Hampshire becomes a royal Colony.
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Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony; the 12th of original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
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New York becomes a royal colony.
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Massachusetts becomes a royal Colony
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New Jersey becomes a royal Colony.
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North and South Carolina become an English royal Colony.
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Georgia becomes the 13th colony, named after King George II.
