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Virgina becomes the first colony
Founded by John Smith and others at Jamestown. They were in the Southern colonies. Major cities are Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond. The Southern Colonies had the largest slave population. -
New Hampshire is formed.
Founded by John Wheelwright and others. the major city was Concord. They live along the coast. Farming was difficult for crops like wheat because of the poor soil. They traded fish, timber, furs, ships and livestock -
New York
The New York Colony founded by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island. -
massachutts is founded
The Pilgrims followed, in 1620, and set up a colony at Plymouth, in what is now Massachusetts.John Winthrop and others founded Massachutts, at Massachusetts Bay -
Maryland was founded.
Founded by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore.They grew cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, indigo (a purple dye), and other crops.Maryland was the 7th of the original 13 colonies to become a state April 28, 1788. -
The Connecticut Colony was founded in 1636
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The Pennsylvania Colony
The Colony became a state on December 12, 1787.The Middle Colonies were the big food producing region that included corn and wheat and livestock including beef and pork. Other industries included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding - refer to Colonial Times -
The Georgia Colony was the last of the 13 original colonies to be established
The Georgia Colony was named after King George II of England.Trade in the Southern colonies included Tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo (dye), lumber, furs, farm products - refer to Colonial Times.The Colony became a state on January 2, 1788. For additional facts and info refer to the Change from Colonies to States -
Coloines declare Independance from England
13 colonies declared Independance from England. They work as a group. They all had slaves as works. Slaves tried to leave. -
Colonies represented on the american flag.
The colonies are pennsylvania, virgina, Hamshire, New york, massachutts, maryland, connecticut, and georgia.
