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The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia- refer to the 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 own 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 area around Boston.
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Roger Williams was driven out of Massachusetts because his view of religious freedom he founded the first European settlement on Rhode Island and based its government on its principle 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 lands south of Virginia.
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New Jersey was settled. The Puke of York granted some land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley 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 character in 1679
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William Penn established a colony based on religious tolerance; it and its chief city, Philadelphia were settled by many Quakers.
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Georgia is settled James Oglethorpe receives a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida.
