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Picutre is Cotton Plantation - Virginia Colony Jamestown is founded under the patent of the London Company.
Became Royal Colony 1624 -
Portrait of John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony Founding of the Massachusetts Colony
When was the colony of Massachusetts founded? The Massachusetts Colony was founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and other Puritans, at Massachusetts Bay. -
John Wheelwright - Founder
1679 Royal Colony
Florwer in picture is the state flower of NH -
.The first settlers for the new Maryland colony arrive in North America. Motivation for Founding the Maryland Colony,
Lord Baltimore was motivated both by the desire for profit and the desire to create a refuge for Roman Catholics who were still being persecuted in Protestant England. -
The Rhode Island Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies.
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Connecticut Colony known as the River Colony, was organized on March 3, 1636 as a place for Puritan nobleman. Early on, the English settlers under John Winthrop Jr. struggled with the Dutch for possession of the land, but the English eventually gained control of the colony and set up a permanent settlement there.
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Founding of the Delaware Colony
When was the colony of Delaware founded? The Delaware Colony was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company. -
Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco)
Major Cities: Raleigh
Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England
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Picture attached is of a Cotton Plantation - S.C.
South Carolina, part of the original Province of Carolina, was founded in 1663 when King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as The Lords Proprietors. At the time, the province included both North Carolina and South Carolina. North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies in 1729. -
Year Founded: 1664 by English colonists refer to article on Lords Proprietors
The picture is of farming in the Middle Colonies.
The New Jersey Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas
consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The New Jersey Colony was classified as one of the Middle Colonies.
