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JamesTown
Jamestown was established in 1607 by Raleigh's people. Soon it would start to sell lots of Cash Crops but when John White ( The person in charge to build Jamestown) came back from the England war that had lasted two years everybody would have been gone as if they disappeared into thin air with the word " Croatoan " carved in a tree. -
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam was founded in 1625 by a Dutch West India Company, later in 1626, it would become New York. Source:u-shistory.com -
South Carolina & North Carolina
South Carolina was founded in 1663 by when King Charles granted land to 8 Noble Men, North Carolina was founded in 1789 by Virginia colonist and later South and North Carolina would become two separate royal colonies. -
Pennsylvania
When King George III granted land to William Pen in 1681 he decided to name it Pennsylvania instead of Sylvania which means woods. Pennsylvania was known as the "Bread Basket" state and also produced Iron. This made states such as New York popular. -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts was founded in 1778 by John Winthrop. It's capital Boston" was named after a New England colony! -
Delaware
To begin with, Delaware was founded in 1787 by Peter Minuit, it was named after its major river, the Delaware River. -
Maryland
Maryland was founded in 1788 by Cecil Calvert, the name Maryland was to honor King Charles I wife, Henrietta Maria of France. -
Virginia
First of all, Virginia was founded in 1788 by John Smith, the major cash crop in Virginia was Tobacco because they were in the south and many people who lived there earned their living out of that. It was also named after Elizebith l, also known as "Virgin Queen". -
Connecticut
Connecticut was founded in 1788 by Thomas Hooker, Connecticut was known as the river colony. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded in 1790 by Roger Williams, in fact, Rhode Island was the last of the 13 colonies to become a state.
( All facts are from u-shistory.com, softschools.com, mrbaussbum.com)
