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Roanoke, The Lost Colony
A hundred people are sent to help the colonists at Roanoke Island, but don't arrive. -
A hundred settlers from England land with their ship and discover Chesapeake Bay
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John Smith and London Company founded the Virginia Colony near Jamestown the first colony
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Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) is established as the second colony
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New Hampshire becomes the third colony
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Virginia becomes a royal colony of England
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New Amsterdamis settled, which later became New York
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Maryland becomes the 4th colony
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Connecticut becomes the sixth colony
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Delaware becomes the seventh colony