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The Jamestown Colony was the first colony founded of the 13 colonies.
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Puritans came from England in the 1630's and by 1643 there were more than 20,000 Puritans that arrived in Massachusetts, and what was called the Great Migration.
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Lord Baltimore founds Maryland, 1632. He and Colonists meeting Native Americans. The site of Maryland's first colonial settlement.
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In 1636 the Puritans founded Harvard College, now known as Harvard University, to train ministers.
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In 1637 the colonist and the Pequot began attacking each other's settlements. The conflict became known as the Pequot War.
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The first slave auction in New Amsterdam was held in 1655.
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In 1712, the Carolina Colony was split into North Carolina and South Carolina because the colony became too large to govern.
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In 1733, Georgia was the last of the 13 Colonies. It was established by James Olgethorpe.
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In 1738 Fort Mose was founded. It bcame the first settlement in North America for free Africans. They were free to practice African customs.
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In the 1740's Indigo becomes a major cash crop throughout South Carolina.
