Trinity's 13 Colonies Timeline Project

Virginia

Period: 1607 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13virginia.htm Virgina was found by John Smith and others, at Jamestown.Virginia's major industry plantation agriculture is (Tobacco,Wheat,Corn).Virgina's colony named for England's Virgin Queen,'' Elizabeth I.

Massachusetts

Period: 1620 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13massachusetts.htm. Massachusetts was found by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay. Massachusetts major industry was ariculture ( Fishing, Corn, Livestock), Manufacturing ( Lumbering, Shipbuilding) Massachusetts colony named for Massachusetts tribe ( word means ''Large hill place'')

New Hampshire

Period: 1623 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13newhampshire.htm. New Hampshire was found by John Wheelwright and others. New Hampshire's major industry is agriculture ( Potatoes, Fishing), Manufacturing ( Textiles, Shipbuilding).

Connecticut

Period: 1635 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13connecticut.htm. Connecticut was found by Thomas Hooker and others,at Hartford. Connecticuts major industry is agriculture( Wheat, Corn, Fishing).

Rhode Island

Period: 1636 to 1790

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13rhodeisland.htm. Rhode Island was found by Roger Williams and others, at Providence. Rhode Island's major industry is agriculture ( Livestock, Diart, Fishing), Manufacting ( lumbering).

Delware

Period: 1638 to 1787

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13delaware.htm Delware was found by Peter Minuit and others. Delware's major cities ate Wilmington.

North Carolina

Period: 1653 to 1789

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13northcarolina.htm North Carolina was found by Virginia colonists. North carolina's major cities are Raleigh.

New York

Period: 1664 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13newyork.htm New York was found by Peter Minuit others, on Manhattan Island. New York's colony named for Duke of York.

Pennsylvania

Period: 1682 to 1787

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13pennsylvania.htm Pennsylvania found by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's colony named for William Penn's father and sylvania, Latin for ''forest''.

Georgia

Period: 1735 to 1788

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13georgia.htm Georgia found by James Oglethorpe, and others Georgia's major cities are Savannah.