13 colonies By 5128433 1607 virginia 1620 massachusetts 1624 virginia became a royal colony 1626 new york 1629 new hampshire John Mason received land grant and named the new settlement New Hampshire 1631 massachusetts the first public thanksgiving 1634 maryland 1636 rhode island 1636 connecticut 1638 new hampshire 1638 delaware 1639 connecticut New Haven Colony established by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton 1651 delaware The Dutch build a fort near Newcastle. 1653 north carolina 1663 south carolina 1663 rhode island King Charles II granted the royal Charter of Rhode Island 1664 new jersey 1681 pennsylvania 1706 south carolina French, Spanish attacked Charles Town during Queen Anne's War; colonial forces captured French vessel and crew. 1732 georgia 1733 georgia - James Oglethorpe and a party of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Anne to begin settlement of the colony of Georgia 1776 Philadelphia was the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed 1787 New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country 1813 maryland first steamboat 1903 north carolina the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk 1968 new york 911
