13 colonies By pedro morales 1607 virginia 1607 massachusetts 1627 First settlement by the Swedes. delaware 1634 new york 1634 maryland 1636 Rhode island 1636 connecticut 1638 delaware 1638 new hampshire 1653 north carolina 1663 south carolina 1663 new jersey 1664 William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania 1681 pennsylvania 1712 North Carolina becomes a separate Colony 1732 georgia 1763 Brick State House erected on New Haven Green connecticut 1776 massachusetts The Siege of Boston George Washington Statue 1776 United States Declaration of Independence rhode island 1783 1783 September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain 1789 New Jersey was also the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights 1808 State capitol established in Concord new hampshire 1813 First steamboat maryland 1828 Gold discovered in Georgia 1860 South Carolina first state to secede from the Union prior to Civil War 1883 new York BROOKLYN BRIDGE OPENING
