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Colonial Events project

By 13625@monarchlearningacademy.com
  • Roanoke Colony disappears and is called 'the lost Colony'

    Roanoke Colony disappears and is called 'the lost Colony'

    this was the first attempt at a permanent English settlement
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    colonial timespan

  • Jamestown settlement is established

    Jamestown settlement is established

    Americas fist permanent settlement
  • Massachusetts Colony is established

    Massachusetts Colony is established

    This Colony is the first of the New England Colonys
  • First Thanksgiving celebration feast is held

    First Thanksgiving celebration feast is held

    Held to show thanks for one year in the new world
  • New Hampshire Colony is established

    New Hampshire Colony is established

    1679, King Charles the Second made New Hampshire a royal colony.
  • Delaware Colony is established

    Delaware Colony is established

    This colony was best renowned for its agriculture, particularly wheat, corn, and tobacco farming
  • North Carolina Colony is founded

    North Carolina Colony is founded

    It was one of the first American colonies to declare independence from England.
  • New Jersey Colony is founded

    New Jersey Colony is founded

    New Jersey is known as one of the breadbasket colonies
  • William Penn establishes Pennsylvania Colony

    William Penn establishes Pennsylvania Colony

    Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers.
  • Georgia Colony is established

    Georgia Colony is established

    the only one of the North American colonies in which slavery was explicitly banned at the outset, along with rum, lawyers, and Catholics.