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JamesTown Virginia
In 1607 English men landed in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they decided that Jamestown Virginia would be their first settlement, named after King James the First. -
NewYork Settlement
The English took New Netherland from the Dutch, naming it New York. New York was valuable because of its location and value as a port of commerce and trade -
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay became the first English chartered colony whose board of governors did not reside in England. -
Province of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America when it joined the other twelve Thirteen Colonies in
a rebellion against Great Britain and became the state of Maryland. -
Connecticut Colony
The Connecticut Colony originally known as the Connecticut River Colony was an English colony in New England. -
Rhode Island Colony
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations were one of the original Thirteen Colonies built on the east coast of America, across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a British province in New England. The name was first given to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua Rivers. -
Delaware Colony
Delaware Colony was located in the Middle Colonies and consisted of land on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay. -
North Carolina
North Carolina was the first settled colony led by John White. It was also the first English settlement in the New World. -
South Carolina
South Carolina focuses on the English colonization that created one of the original Thirteen Colonies. The settlement began after the northern half of the British colony of Carolina attracted frontiersmen from Pennsylvania and Virginia. -
New Jersey Colony
The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of America and became the U.S. state, and was given the name of New Jersey in 1776. -
The Province of Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through Charles II of England. -
The Province of Georgia
The Province of Georgia was the last of the thirteen original American colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States.