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John White returns to Roanoke and finds deserted land.
After helping establish the first English settlement on the island of Roanoke , John returned to England for supplies . delayed by war for three years , he returned in 1590 to find the colonists are gone. its still not know what happened to them. -
Virgina becomes first colony.
Virginia is founded under a patent for the London company and become the first British colony in North America . James Town Virginia. the first permeant English colony. -
Massachusetts is founded
the King of England grants a charter to a group of Puritans to allow them to form a colony along the Massachusetts Bay. The Puritans forma colony of Massachusetts as a place to spread their religion and extend the empire of Great Britain . -
New Hampshire is founded .
New Hampshire is created as a fishing colony by Captain John Mason . It is named for Hampshire county in England. -
Lord Baltimore Founds the colony of Maryland.
The first colonist from England to arrive on the western shore of Maryland called it St. Mary's . George Calvert , the first Lord of Baltimore , is acting under a royal charter to create a colony to serve as a refuge for Catholics. -
Puritans establish the colony of Connecticut.
Puritan minister Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay colony establish river colony . later called Connecticut . -
Rhode Island is founded by Rodger Williams
after being kicked out of Massachusetts for his belief in separation of church and state , Rodger Williams goes to live with the Narragansett Indians. he forms Providence , which will be the capitol of Rhode Island . -
Delaware is founded by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company.
Peter Minuit of the Netherlands establishes a colony called New Sweden , Minuit is later forced to give up the colony when King Charles 2nd takes control of the area called New Netherlands and tells him to give it to his brother James ,the Duke Of York . James renames New Sweden, Delaware. -
A group of Virginians establish Carolinas
Acting on a charter from King James the 2nd , eight noblemen from Virginia create a settlement south of Virginia . They call it Carolina , although it is divided into North and South Carolina when the crown takes control of the colony in 1729 -
Pennsyvania is established by William Penn.
Acting on land grant is owed to his deceased father ,William Penn Creates a colony to serve as a refuge for Quakers under persecution in England .By 1700 , it grows to be the third Largest colony in the New World
