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Virginia was the first colony and Jamestown was the first permanent colony in it. Virginia was founded under a patent for the London Company. A Lot of history was here.
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Plymouth is now mainly known for a bolder but a bunch of history was here. The Mayflower arrived here and built this colony.
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Massachusetts was also founded by pilgrims and puritans. The english told the puritans they can have a colony. Plymouth is a toun in massachusetts
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New Netherlands is now known as New York. It was also huge because it covered 4 states today. The dutch founded this coloniy.
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New Hampshire had bad soil but the people were able to grow crops there. New Hampshire was one of the original 13 colonies. New Hampshire's motto is "Live Free or Die"
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The Maryland Colony's original name was the Province of Maryland. Maryland used to be 12 million acres but today it's about half that. In 1788 it became a state.
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They had a huge fishing industry. They also promoted religious tolerance. It was in the New England colonies.
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Delaware made a lot of money by selling iron ore. It was named after a large river. It had a lot of religious tolerance.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Colony was also called the Province of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Colony grew hem, flax, rye, which were important for industry.
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4 famous people signed it. People fought over it. After that it was America!
