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  Sir Walter Raleigh found Roanoke island
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  John Smith made it a settlement
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  Massachusetts Bay colony was founded by John withrop
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  Roger Williams found Rhode Island 1636
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  Henry Hudson founded New York in 1664
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  Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut in 1788