Colonies Emerge By saldaa Feb 5, 1602 Tobacco boom Feb 5, 1603 Great migration Period: Feb 5, 1603 to Feb 5, 1681 colonies emerge Feb 5, 1607 Jamestown founded Feb 5, 1619 House of Burgesses Meets Feb 5, 1620 Plymouth founded Feb 5, 1624 New Netherlands founded Feb 5, 1624 Virginia becomes a Royal Colony Mar 27, 1625 james 1 reings in england Feb 5, 1630 Pennsylvania founded Feb 5, 1632 maryland founded Apr 5, 1638 New Haven founded Feb 5, 1663 carolina founded Feb 5, 1664 New York and New Jersey founded Feb 5, 1681 Massachusetts Bay Colony founded