13 colonies

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  • 1607

    1607
    The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia.

  • 1611

    1611
    The rule of Sir Thomas Dale and Good Order in Virginia

  • 1620

    1620
    The pilgrims establish their own government, the basis of which was the Mayflower Compact, which they drafted on their journey to the New World on the Mayflower.

  • 1624

    1624
    Virginia was made a royal colony

  • 1628

    1628
    Puritans led by John Winthrop formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and many puritans continued to settle in the Areas around Boston.

  • 1630

    1630
    The Great Migration- Mass migration of thousands of englis people to the Americas that took place in 1630-1640

  • 1634

    1634
    Maryland was settled

  • 1636

    1636
    Connecticut was initially settled colonists, led by Thomas Hooker, left the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to dissatisfaction and settled in the Connecticut River Valley.

  • 1636

    1636
    Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence. Anne Hutchinson was also banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and she settled Portsmouth. Two additional settlements were also formed in the area. All 4 settlements received a charter from England creating their own government called Rhode Island.

  • 1638

    1638
    New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled by John Wheelwright and others.