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On this date, Jamestown is settled in the Colony of Virginia.
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Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock and build the first Massachussetts settlement
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Dutch settle New Amsterdam which eventually becomes New York
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Maryland's first settlement, St. Mary's City, is settled.
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Providence Plantation is founded and is the first settlement in Rhode Island
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Hartford is the first Settlement in Connecticut
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Settlers arrive at what will become Portsmouth, the first settlement in New Hampshire
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Fort Christina is settled. This would eventually become Wilmington
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North Carolina is settled by Virginian colonists
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South Carolina was established at the same time as North Carolina, but was not settled until a decade later. They were split into two colonies in 1729.
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In 1664, the Dutch colony of New Netherlands was taken over by the British and became New Jersey
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The charter for Pennsylvania was given in 1681. But the first city was settled in 1682, Philadelphia.
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In 1732, James Ogelthorpe got a charter for a new colony for 'the worthy poor'.
