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The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas. Most colonies were formed after 1600, and the United States was the first nation whose most distant origins are fully recorded. -
There are many theories as to what became of Roanoke, none of which are particularly pleasant. Those who investigated have posited that the settlers were killed by hostile Native Americans or Spanish, or that they died due to disease or famine, or were victims of a deadly storm. -
The original 13 colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay Colony which included Maine , New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. -
The New England colonies were made up of the colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. -
New Hampshire was one of the 13 original colonies of the United States and was founded in 1623. -
The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony intended to set up a society that would accord with what they believed to be God's wishes. -
maryland was founded as a colony was founded in 1632 as a safe haven for English Catholics fleeing anti-Catholic persecution in Europe -
Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636. He originally lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but felt the Puritans there were too strict. Williams became friends with the Narragansett Indians, from whom he bought land to set up a colony for other religious outcasts. -
The Province of Carolina was originally chartered in 1629, with the first permanent settlement in 1653. -
A typical New Jersey Colony farm included a barn, house, fields, and between 50 and 150 acres of land.
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