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Rhode Island was discovered by Giovanni da Verrazzano.
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13 Colony Timespan
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Sir Walter Raleigh named Virginia in honor of the virgin queen, Elizabeth l.
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John White returned from England to Roanoke to find that all of the settlers were gone. The word CROATOAN was carved into a tree. That colony was named The Lost Colony.
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A group of colonists founded the town of Hartford. It was important for trade.
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The British colony defeated the New Netherland colony. It was then renamed New York, in honor of the Duke of York.
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New Hampshire gains its own government and becomes a separate royal colony.
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Penn signed a peace treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians.
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The Salem witch trials took place from June to September.
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Delaware was a part of Pennsylvania. In 1701, it was separated.
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South Carolina becomes a separate colony.
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It was decided that the first settlement would be named Savannah because it was near the Savannah River.
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Rutgers University was founded.
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People from Maryland signed The Declaration of Independence: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Samuel Chase, William Paca and Thomas Stone.
