Thirteen colonies

13 colonies

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    13 colonies timeline

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    In 1607, Jamestown was formed along the James river near the Chesapeake bay.

  • Tobacco

    Tobacco
    In 1610 John Rolfe grew the first successful tobacco prop in Jamestown.

  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    In 1620, Plymouth was founded by the Pilgrims, who wanted religious freedom.

  • New Netherland

    New Netherland
    In 1621, the Dutch West India company formed the colony of New Netherland in the Hudson River valley.

  • John Winthrop

    John Winthrop
    In 1630 John Winthrop brought 900 settlers to Massachusetts bay and was elected governor.

  • George Calaver

    George Calaver
    George Calaver, Lord of Baltimore requested a charter from King Charles the 1st in 1633 that will become Maryland.

  • Roger Williams

    Roger Williams
    Roger Williams a puritan minister challenged church leaders as he believed that settlers should pay native americans he got banished in 1636. The Narragansett tribe helped Williams and sold him land to form the settlements of providence.

  • Pequot

    Pequot
    In 1637, Connecticut colonists attacked the Pequot.

  • Religious freedom

    Religious freedom
    In 1649, The Toleration Act was passed, giving religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland.

  • New York

    New York
    After the English captured New Amsterdam in 1664, they renamed it to New York.