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1585
Roanoke Colony or The Lost Colony. Hundred people are sent to help the colonists at Roanoke Island, but they never arrive. Roanoke is also seen as The Lost Colony. -
1606
Hundred settlers from England land with their ships Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery land in Chesapeake Bay, near Jamestown. -
1607
John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies. -
1620
The Mayflower of English Separatists lands in Plymouth on November 11. -
1620
Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) is established as the 2nd colony. -
1623
New Hampshire becomes the 3rd colony. -
1624
Virginia becomes a royal colony of England. -
1626
New Amsterdam is settled, which later became New York. -
1634
Maryland becomes the 4th colony. -
1636
Providence and Portsmouth joins together and form the 5th colony, Rhode Island. -
1638
Connecticut becomes the 6th colony -
1641
Delaware becomes the 7th colony
