Colonies Emerge By LoganMaloy Sep 17, 1603 King James I Sep 17, 1607 James Town Caption J. Smith Arglican Tobacco Sep 17, 1619 House of Burgesses meets Sep 17, 1620 Plymouth Founded and Tobacco Boom Pilgrims founded Mixed Farming City on The Hill Joint Stock Companies Sep 17, 1624 New Neatherlands Sep 17, 1625 Virgina Becomes Royal Colony Sep 17, 1630 Massachusetts Bay Found Period: Sep 17, 1630 to Sep 17, 1642 Great Migration Sep 17, 1638 New Haven Found Sep 17, 1649 Maryland Act for Religious Toleration Sep 17, 1663 Carolina Founded Sep 17, 1664 New York and New Jersey Sep 17, 1681 Pennsylvania Founded