Layla 13 colonies timeline By sara.lemus 1624 Virginia becomes a royal colony 1630 Colonist from Massachusetts settle in what is now Connecticut 1634 Roman Catholics led by the Calvert family establish Maryland 1650 The Dutch take over the Swedish colonies 1660 the Dutch settle new Jersey 1664 The English take over all the Dutch land and they rename new York new nether land as new York 1679 New Hampshire becomes a separate colony 1681 1681 William Penn and English Quaker leaders sets up the colony of Pennsylvania 1691 Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay are combined 1729 The Carolina territory is split into North and South Carolina
