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Settlers in Jamestown. The first permanent English settlement in the New World. Was founded by the London Company for the purpose of making a profit. It was designed as a fort to protect their trade.
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Plymouth, Massachusetts was an English colonial in North America. It was named by Captain John Smith. Plymouth served as the capital of the Massachusetts Colony. The Thanksgiving tradition originated there.
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Dutch, and European settlers meeting and trading with the Indianas when they first arrived to New Amsterdam, now known as New York.
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Lord Baltimore II with his 315 passengers and crew built this fortress on the rivers edge in Maryland to prohibit foreigners from doing illegal trade up river.
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A village with shelters created from animal skins & sticks. Surrounded by wood fences for protection. Similar to the one Roger Williams lived in when he establishes Providence, Rhode Island in 1636 and proclaimed complete religious freedom.
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Puritan congregation roaming through the wilderness, gathering materials for their new settlement. The Connecticut Colony was eventually classified as one of the New England Colonies.
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After 4 month voyage from Gothenburg, Captain Minuit arrives in Delaware to purchase land on west bank of Schuylkill River to Bombay Hook, to trade with Indians.
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A blacksmith is making tools and weapons for survival in a New Hampshire colony. One of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
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The first permanent European settlement was established in the Albemarle Sound region by Virginians, on the banks of the Chowan and Roanoke rivers, by both France & English natives. It is likely they had many differences. Carolina is derived from the Latin name Carolous, translated means Charles. After Charles IX of France and King Charles of England.
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Settlers in South Carolina trading goods and services in the colony. Eight of these first settlers most loyal to King Charles were named Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
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The Colony was originally called New Netherland. It was a favorite place to trade with the Native Americans for both the Dutch and the English. At the time of its conquest by the English from the Dutch, the Colony was renamed in honor of Sir George Carteret and given the name, New Jersey.
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Settlers arriving from the old world, landing on Georgia beaches. The Province of Georgia was the last colony to be established by the British. It was chartered the 13th colony.
