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The first colony was founded at Jamestown,Virginia
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The Pilgrams made their own government, which was on the Mayflower Compact, which they drafted on their voyage to the New World on the Mayflower.
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Puritans led by John Winthrop created and made the Massachusetts Bay Company and many Puritans continued to settle in the areas near and around Boston.
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Maryland was found by Cecil Calvert, 2nd lord of Baltimore. King Charles l gave land to George Calvert[Son of Cecil Calvert] and Lord Baltimore to form a haven for Catholics in America.
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Delaware is founded and settled by Peter Minuit and others.
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John Mason is the one who found New Hampshire and John Wheelwright and others settled it.
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King Charles ll officially united Connecticut as a single colony.
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New Jersey is founded by Sir George Carteret and settled by the Dutch,Swedes and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey.
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King James ll merged the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, New York and New Hampshire.
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Plymouth unites with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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The two parts of New Jersey Colony were formed into a royal colony.
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James Oglethorpe led the way when him and 114 colonists climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River and founded Georgia Colony.
