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The First 13 Colonies of the United States

By griffan
  • Jamestown, Virginia

    Jamestown, Virginia

    Virginia was the first permanent colony in the United States of America. It was also the home of Pocahontas.
  • Massachusetts Colony

    Massachusetts Colony

    The Pilgrims that founded the colony came over from England on the May Flower and landed on Plymouth Rock in Massachuetts.
  • Maryland Colony

    Maryland Colony

    Founded by Cecil Calvert Lord Baltimore. Tobacco was very profitable for the colony
  • Rhode Island Colony

    Rhode Island Colony

    Picture of Anne Hutchinson. She is one of the colony's founder.
  • Connecticut Colony

    Connecticut Colony

    The Abenaki Indians were the inhabitants of the Connecticut colony when it was founded. The word Connecticut in the indian language means "river whose water's driven by tides and winds".
  • Delaware Colony

    Delaware Colony

    Peter Minuit founded Delaware first before New York. Image of a typical farm in the Delaware colony
  • New Hampshire Colony

    New Hampshire Colony

    Founded in 1638 by John Mason. A Native American Powatan Village was common in New Hampshire
  • North Carolina

    North Carolina

    Slavery Cotton Plantation in the Colony of North Carolina.It was also eighth founded colony.
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    Founded by William Penn. It was the third biggest and richest colony.It was the second to last colony to be founded
  • South Carolina Colony

    South Carolina Colony

    Picture of a Slavery Tobacco Plantation which was common in the colony. Founded by eight nobles with a Royal Charter.
  • New Jersey Colony

    New Jersey Colony

    Lord Berkeley founded the colony. New Jersey was the third state to ratify the constitution.
  • New York Colony

    New York Colony

    Peter Minuit Founder of New York meeting the Native Americans when they landed in New York.
  • Georgia Colony

    Georgia Colony

    Founded by James Oglethorpe. There is a University in Atlanta, Georgia named after him. The Georgia colony was the last of the thitheen colonies.