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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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John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) is established as the 2nd colony.
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New Amsterdam is settled, which later became New York.
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Connecticut becomes the 6th colony
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Delaware becomes the 7th colony.
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South Carolina is established as the 9th 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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North and South Carolina become an English royal colony.
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Georgia becomes the 13th colony, named after King George II
