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Virginia/Jamestown Founded
Virginia/Jamestown was founded by London Company, and it was founded so that people could make money. -
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13 Colonies Founded
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Massachusetts Founded
Massachusetts was founded by the pilgrams. These people were also known as the puritains and it was used to escape from the British rule. -
New Hampshire Founded
This colony was founded by John Mason, and the reason why he called it New Hampshire is because he lived in a town in England call Hampshire. -
Maryland Founded
Maryland was founded to create a place for Roman Catholics who were facing the tyranny in England. -
The English crown granted about 12 million acres of land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore
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Connecticut Founded
Connecticut was only a Colony in 1636 but started building cities in 1635. -
Rhode Island Founded
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Delaware Founded
Delaware was apart of New Sweden which was included parts of Pennslyvainia. -
North Carolina Founded
The Virginians were tired of the religious laws so they moved south to start up the Carolina's. But later in those years they had a dissagrement so they split up into north and south. -
South Carolina Founded
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New York Founded
When the Duke of York recieved New Netherlands as a gift. -
New Jersey Founded
It was started by two friends from the Duke of York. -
King Charles II gave the territory between New England and Virginia
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Puritans who thought that Massachusetts was formed of Connecticut and New Haven
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The king granted 45,000 square miles of land west of the Delaware River to William Penn
Found by William Penn, and he recieved that from his Grandfather, who had recently past away. -
Pennsylvania Founded
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There were about 250,000 European and African settlers in North America’s thirteen English colonies
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The Carolinas were split into North and South
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Georgia Founded
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There were nearly 2.5 million European and African settlers in North America’s in 1775
