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13 colonies

  • Roanoke Island Colony Founded

    Roanoke Island Colony Founded
    In 1585 Queen Elizabeth sent Sir Walter Raleigh and colonist to the coast of Roanoke island.
  • Massachusetts Colony Founded

    Massachusetts Colony Founded
    In 1588 John Winthrop founded Massachusetts and formed a colony in 1588.
  • Jamestown Founded

    Jamestown Founded
    In 1610 a group of men called the Virginia company and found land & named it Jamestown.
  • Virginia Colony Founded

    Virginia Colony Founded
    In 1619 the first African Americans arrived in Virginia and formed a colony
  • New England Founded

    New England Founded
    In 1620 Pilgrims sailed on the mayflower to Virginia but instead clocked in the north known as New England.
  • First Thanksgiving

    First Thanksgiving
    Fall of 1620 invited Wampanoag tribe to a great harvested feast now known as thanksgiving.
  • Maryland Colony

    Maryland Colony
    In 1632 Lord Baltimore Founded the formed the Maryland colony.
  • Pennsylvania Colony Founded

    Pennsylvania Colony Founded
    William Penn found the state of Pennsylvania and formed a colony in 1644.
  • Mississippi River

    Mississippi River
    In 1673 Count De Frontenac sent people to Mississippi to find the Mississippi River.
  • Georgia colony Founded

    Georgia colony Founded
    In 1733 James Oglethorpe found the Georgia colony.