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13 Colonies Timeline

By judithjean

  • Roanoke Island

    Roanoke Island
    Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send men to Roanoke Island. They couldn't grow crops due to the sandy soil.
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    13 Colonies Timeline

  • Lost Island

    Lost Island
    The legend of Roanoke Island has been passed down from generation to generation since 1590 when a group of 120 English settlers vanished... These first settlers ended up returning to England because of shortage of food and Indian attacks.

  • Virgina became a colony

    Virgina became a colony
    Virgina became the first permanent English colony in North America. Virgina was the largest and wealthiest English colony and had the first elected government.

  • Massachusetts became a colony

    Massachusetts became a colony
    The Puritan religion shaped the government of Massachusetts. Religion was at the center of Puritan government and community life.

  • The first Thanksgiving

    The first Thanksgiving
    The Pilgrims meet with the Native Americans to have a feast and had fun.Thanksgiving was a term they used for prayer and fasting(not eating).

  • Maryland became a colony

    Maryland became a colony
    King Charles 1 of England gave land in north America to Cecilius Calvert called Maryland. In 1649, the Maryland government passed the Toleration Act.

  • New Hampshire became a colony

    New Hampshire became a colony
    Tomas Hooker led about 100 colony west to the Connecticut river. There they found good farm land and named it New Hampshire.

  • New Jersey became a colony

    New Jersey became a colony
    James the Duke of York gave part of his land to John Berkeley and George Carteret. Berkeley and Carteret divided their land into two colonies and names them East and West Jersey. In 1702, the colonies joined together to form New Jersey.

  • New York became a colony

    New York became a colony
    English settlement of the Middle Colonies began in 1664, when England captured the Dutch colony of New Netherland. The King of England gave this colony to his brother James the Duke of York. He was also the proprietor of New York.

  • Pennsylvania became a colony.

    Pennsylvania became a colony.
    The colony of Pennsylvania was the idea of William Penn. Penn founded Pennsylvania as a place where people could worship freely. In 1681 Penn's wish came true King Charles II had owed money to Penn's family. He paid Penn by giving him some land.