13 Colonies By dianamoreira2002 Jul 22, 1587 Roanoke: First english settlement established Aug 18, 1590 Roanoke Colony vanished entirely Apr 10, 1606 King James I issues Royal Chapter dividing atlantic seaboard in two Apr 26, 1607 London Company reaches Chesapeak Bay May 14, 1607 London Companyn founded Jamestown Jan 1, 1616 Virginia settlers learn to grow tobacco Jan 1, 1619 First African slaves arrive in Virginia Jan 1, 1620 First English settlers arrive in Plymouth Jan 1, 1624 King rescindes Virginia Company´s Chapter and they become Royal Colony Jan 1, 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony sends larger group of puritans to establish another Massachusetts settlements Jan 1, 1632 Crown grants 12 million acres of land to Cecilius(Alvert, second Lord Baltimore) Mar 25, 1634 Founded Maryland Colony after the queen Jan 1, 1664 King Charles II gave territory between New England and Virginia to his brother, the Duke of York Jan 1, 1665 Puritans formed Connectic and New Haven Jan 1, 1680 King gave 45000 sq. miles of land west of Delaware River to William Penn Jan 1, 1690 Southern colonies start to produce rice Jan 1, 1712 Carolina Colony split in two-North and South Jan 1, 1732 Established Georgia Colony by James Oglethorpe