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Jamestown is the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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The Dutch founded New Netherland as a trading post for exchanging furs with the Iroquois.
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Massachusetts was founded by the Pilgrims and the Puritans for religios freedom.
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New Hampshire was founded by John Mason. New Hampshire is a fishing and royal colony.
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The London Company founded Virginia. The purpose of Viginia was to expand Great Britan.
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King Charles granted a group of Puritans and merchants a charter to settle in New England. They formed the Massachusetts Bay Company
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Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore II for a refuge for English Catholics
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Rhode Island was founded by Roger Wiliams for religios freedom.
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Conneticut was founded by Thomas Hooker for religious and political freedom.
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Anne Hutchinson founded the colony of Portsmouth, which later became a part of Rhode Island
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An English fleet captured the undefended colony of New Amsterdam without firing a single shot. New Netherland was renamed New York and New Amsterdam Became New York City.
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The Duke of York made Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley propietors of New Jersey
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King Charles II agreed to grant Wiliam Penn a charter to begin a colony west of New Jersey. This colony was named Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was founded to provide a safe home for the Quakers.
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The Duke of York sold Penn a region to the south of Pennsylvania. This area is called Delaware. It is still part of Pennsylvainia.
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The colonies were too far apart, which made it hard to govern them so Caralina broke into North and South Caralina.
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The colonies were too far apart, which made it hard to govern them so Caralina broke into North and South Caralina.
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The English Crown bought teh Carlinas, making them royal colonies.
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Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe as a home for the deptors.
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Delaware becomes its own conlony