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The Settlement of Jamestown is Founded
Jamestown is the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
New Netherland is Founded by the Dutch
The Dutch founded New Netherland as a trading post for exchanging furs with the Iroquois. -
Massachusetts is Founded
Massachusetts was founded by the Pilgrims and the Puritans for religios freedom. -
New Hampshire is Founded
New Hampshire was founded by John Mason. New Hampshire is a fishing and royal colony. -
Viginia was founded
The London Company founded Virginia. The purpose of Viginia was to expand Great Britan. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
King Charles granted a group of Puritans and merchants a charter to settle in New England. They formed the Massachusetts Bay Company -
Maryland was founded
Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore II for a refuge for English Catholics -
Rhode Island is Founded
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Wiliams for religios freedom. -
Conneticut is Founded
Conneticut was founded by Thomas Hooker for religious and political freedom. -
Portsmouth
Anne Hutchinson founded the colony of Portsmouth, which later became a part of Rhode Island -
Caralina was founded
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New Netherland Becomes New York
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. -
New Jersey is Founded
The Duke of York made Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley propietors of New Jersey -
Pennsylvania is Founded
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. -
Delaware is founded
The Duke of York sold Penn a region to the south of Pennsylvania. This area is called Delaware. It is still part of Pennsylvainia. -
South Caralina
The colonies were too far apart, which made it hard to govern them so Caralina broke into North and South Caralina. -
North Caralina is Founded
The colonies were too far apart, which made it hard to govern them so Caralina broke into North and South Caralina. -
The Caralinas now a royal colony
The English Crown bought teh Carlinas, making them royal colonies. -
Georgia is Founded
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe as a home for the deptors. -
Delaware becomes its own conlony
Delaware becomes its own conlony