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The Virginia Colony
The founding of the Virginia Colony of London businessmen King James establish a colony in the New World. They formed the Virginia Company and set out to establish a permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
The Massachusetts Colony
In 1630 a group of people called Puritans left England for North America. The Massachusetts Colony was settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan from England. It was one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts. The leader of the colony was John Winthrop. -
The New York Colony
On May 4, 1626, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherlands founded New Amsterdam, which quickly became New York City. The English captured the colony in 1664, though a complete ousting of Dutch rule did not occur until 10 November 1674. -
The Maryland Timeline
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, letting him have rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land. -
The Connecticut Colony
The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the River Colony, was an English colony located in North America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637. -
Rhode Island Colony
The Rhode Island Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. -
The New Hampshire Colony
The New Hampshire Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. -
The Delaware Colony
The New Hampshire Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. -
The New Jersey Colony
The New Jersey Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. -
The Georgia Colony
Georgia was originally included in the Carolina patent granted to Lord Clarendon and his associates, but it was a wild region, except by other tribes at the time the proprietors surrendered their interest in it to the crown in 1729.
