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The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia refer to Virginia colony.
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The pilgrims established their own government , the basis of which was the Mayflower compact, which they drafted on their journey to the New World on the Mayflower.
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Puritans led by John Winthrop formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and many continued to settle in the areas around Boston.
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Roger William was driven out of Massachusetts because of his view of religious freedom he founded the first settlement on Rhode Island and based its government on its principals of political and religious freedom.
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King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony.
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Carolina was settled. Eight men received charters for the Carolinas in 1663 from King Charles II to settle the lands South of Virginia.
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New Jersey was settled. The duke of York granted some land to sir George Carteret and lord John Berkley who named their colony New Jersey.
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New Hampshire. John Mason received land in Northern New England. John Mason eventually formed New Hampshire when the region was given a royal charter in 1679.
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William Penn established a colony based on religious tolerance; it and its chief city, Philadelphia.
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Georgia is settled. James Oglertorope receives a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida.
