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13 Colonies

By nkilborn
  • Period: 1585 BCE to

    First permanent Spanish settlement is established at St. Augustine.

    St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine.
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    Roanoke colony disappears and is called the lost colony

    They called it the last colony because of the hurricane!
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    Jamestown settlements Established

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    Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry.

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    House of Burgess formed.

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    Plymouth colony is founded

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    Thanksgiving celebration feast is held

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    North Carolina Colony was founded

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    New Jersey colony founded .

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    Willam Penn established Pennsylvania Colony

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