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roanoke
Once a man name John White and his family went on a boat to Roanoke. Roanoke is a island near nourth and south carolina .when they got there they built houses. but they need more resources .so John left his family and he went to England .John asked for more resouces.But there was a war with Spain and Queen Elizabeth said no. 3 years later John returned to Roanoke with some men and no one was there anymore . The houses were gone and there was nothing there.Only a tree stump that said crotoan. -
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17th century
In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first English colony at Roanoke in North America. He named the colony as Virginia after Queen Elizabeth I. However, the expedition being funded by himself, the Roanoke colony couldn't generate a stable revenue and was thus discarded. Modern America came into existence in the 17th century, with the establishment of the Virginia Company. In 1607, John Smith established the first British colony, named Jamestown, in Virginia. In the same year, a few months aft -
Maryland at a Glance
Maryland's name honors Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, who signed the 1632 charter establishing the Maryland colony. Qeen Henrietta Maria was the daughter of Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de Medici. -
sailing in virginia
John Smith, and a number of rich Englishmen, sailed through the Chesapeake Bay to reach the Powhatan's river in 1610 -
Connecticut
Dutch explorer Adriaen Block discovered the Connecticut River in 1614. Geographically, it is the third smallest state, even though its original charter granted in 1662 extended the land grant west to the Pacific Ocean. Its contributions to the world are great. Three towns in Connecticut developed the first written constitution, called the "Fundamental Orders". In this document it was declared that "the foundation of authority is in the free consent of the people." -
wiki talk 17th century
The New England Colonies of British America included the colonies of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and Province of New Hampshire. They were part of the Thirteen Colonies including the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies. These were early colonies of what would later be the states in New England.[1] Captain John Smith, of Pocahontas fame, was the author of "A Description of New England" published in 1616. -
New Jersey Settlement
The first settlement in New Jersey was probably about the year 1620, at Bergen, a village a few miles west of New York. Fort Nassau, five miles from Camden, was built in 1623, but was deserted not long after. A few other settlements were made in the territory, but the settlement of Elizabethtown, in 1664, by persons from Long Island, is generally fixed upon as the era of colonization. -
The State of New Hampshire
Under the authority of an English land grant, Captain John Mason named this land New Hampshire after the English country of Hampshire where he enjoyed a number of years as a child. Though Captain Mason invested over 22,000 pounds in clearing land, building houses and investing in the defense of his land grant, he died in England before ever seeing his property in the New World. -
Georgia
In England, a poor man asked King George II if he could go to the colony of Georgia. When the ship "Anne" sailed for the new colony on November 16, 1732, 114 colonists aboard had been released from debtors' prison to make the voyage. By early February 1733, a small group was headed up the Savannah River. They landed at Yamacra Bluff on February 12, 1733. -
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The pilgrims came ashore in 1620, nand Massachusetts became the site of the first Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621. In the 1700's as the economy of the area benefited from abundant fishing, trading and shipbuilding, the residents became increasingly rebellious against Britains persistent taxation. Massachusetss gained statehood in 1788, and has sent four of her own and one adoptes son to become President of the United States: John F. Kennedy, John Adams, John Quincy Adams and George H.W. Bush -
Delaware
Delaware entered the union December 7, 1787. Also,
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Before that, it was the only colony to be claimed by Sweden, Holland, and England. And before that, there is some evidence that Egyptian explorers found their way to the state. The log cabin was introduced by the Swedes. The first regularly operated steam railroad began operations in New Castle in 1831. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania entered the Union on December 12, 1787. "Pennsylvania was so named, in 1681, after William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia. William Penn was the son of Sir William Penn, an admiral in the British navy, who rendered important services to the nation, on account of which, and by way of recompense [debt], Charles II granted to the son the territory of Pennsylvania, and so naming it after Penn himself. -
South Carolina
South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788. "Carolina was so called by the French, in 1563 or 1564, in honor of Charles IX, King of France (Carolus in Latin, meaning Charles), under whose patronage its coast was discovered. -
New York
"New York, originally called New Netherlands, was so named in honor of the Duke of York and Albany, England, to whom the territory was granted on its conquest from its first settlers, the Dutch. On September 13th 1609, a vessel called the Crescent came to anchor within Sandy Hook [New Jersey], about seventeen miles from the present city of New York. It was the first vessel ever within those waters. -
bonus fact-order of colonies
1.Virginia 2.Massachusetts 3.New Hampshire 4.Maryland 5.Connecticut 6.Rhode Island 7.Delaware 8.North & South Carolina). 9.New Jersey) 10. New York 11Pennsylvania) 12.Georgia
