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The Virginia Company founds the Virgina Colony which was first called Jamestown.
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A group of people that left England to find religious freedom called The Pilgrims, settled on Plymouth in 1620.
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A group of about 1,000 Puritans settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
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Connecticut was also founded by Puritans. Many beleive that a Puritan minister named Thomas Hooker and Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Haynes were the founders.
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A man named Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after he was exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views.
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North and South Carolina didn't exist until the 1730's. Originally, it was founded as one province called Carolina when Charles II granted the land to The Eight Proprietors for helping him.
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Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn when he was granted the land by Charles II.
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Carolina is divided into two colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
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Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe.
