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Roanoke Colony or The Lost Colony. Hundred people are sent to help the colonists at Roanoke Island, but they never arrive. Roanoke is also seen as The Lost Colony.
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Hundred settlers from England land with their ships Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery land in Chesapeake Bay, near Jamestown.
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John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
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New Hampshire become's the 3rd colony
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Virginia becomes a royal colony of England.
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Maryland becomes the 4th colony
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connecticut becomes the 6th colony
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Deleware becomes the 7th colony
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Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony; the 12th of original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
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Georgia becomes the 13th colony, named after King George II