Colonial Settlements

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  • Roanoke Island, VA

    Roanoke Island, VA

    This was when the english settled in Roanoke Island. Seven ships sailed with 108 colonists.
  • Williamsburgh, VA

    Williamsburgh, VA

    This was when london founded Jamestown the first permanent english colony in America. That was the beginning of the state we know as Virginia.
  • Jamestown, VA

    Jamestown, VA

    Three ships arrived off the coast of what is now Virginia.
  • Plymouth, MA

    Plymouth, MA

    This was the year that Plymouth Colony was founded. This was the second english settlement in North America, after Jamestown.
  • Salem, MA

    Salem, MA

    This was when Salem was the Puritans' first settlement in the Massachusetts Bay area. Its name comes from the Hebrew word "Shalon" which means " Peace".
  • Charleston, SC

    Charleston, SC

    This was when Charleston was founded.
  • St. Augustine, FL

    St. Augustine, FL

    This was when the spanish built the Castillo de San Morcos in St. Augustine.
  • Philadelphia, PA

    Philadelphia, PA

    The Englishman William Penn founded a city on the Dalaware River in South Eastern PA where he and his fellow Quakers could practice their religion freely. Penn named it Philadelphia.