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Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) is established as the 2nd Colony
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Period: to
1620-1655
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New Hampshire becomes 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 join together and form 5th Colony, Rhode Island
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Connecticut becomes the 6th Colony
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Delaware becomes 7th Colony
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New Hampshire becomes part of Massachusetts
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Virginians settle the 8th colony; the North Carolinia colony
