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John Smith and the Londen Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the first of the original American colonies.
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The Mayflower of English Separatists lands in Plymuth on November 11.
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Virginia becomes a royal colonie of England.
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New Amsterdam settled which later became New York.
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Providence and Portsmouth joins together and forms the fifth colony, Rhode Island.
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Virginians settle the eighth colony; the North Carolina colony
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New Hampshire becomes a royal colony.
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Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania colony; the 12th of the original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
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Massachusetts becomes a royal colony.
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North and South Carolina become an English royal colony.
