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The founding of the 13 Original Colonies marks the beginning of settlement in the United States of America.They are also called the 13 Original States, because they were the first states to ratify the Declaration of Independence of 1776.
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John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown.
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English Puritans land the Mayflower at Plymouth and found the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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John Mason and John Wheelwright found the city of Hover and the New Hampshire Colony.
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Cecil Calvert founds the Maryland Colony.
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The cities of Providence, founded by Roger Williams, and Portsmouth, founded by Anne Hutchinson, join together to form the Rhode Island Colony.
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The Connecticut Colony is founded by Thomas Hooker and Massachusetts colonists.
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Dutch Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company establish New Sweden, and King Charles II of England renames it to the Delaware Colony.
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Virginians settle the North Carolina Colony.
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King Charles II issues for settling the South Carolina Colony.
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Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret establish the New Jersey Colony in New Netherland.
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The brother of King Charles II, James the Duke of York, founds the New York Colony.
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Looking for freedom of religion, Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony.
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James Oglethorpe founds the Georgia Colony, named after King George II as protection against the expansion of Spain in the Latin Americas.
