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Virginia
The Virginia Colony was founded in at Jamestown in 1607. In 1624 the Virginia Colony was made a royal colony. The Virginia Colony's first export was tobacco -
Massachusetts
Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, by Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower, a ship carrying settlers. The Massachusetts Bay Colony wasn't settled for another 10 years.When the Pilgrims first arrived in 1620 it was the local Wamapanoag Indians who taught them how to plant crops. The Indians and the Pilgrims went on to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in the New World together. -
New York
The New York Colony was originally called the Province of New York and later New York. The original boundaries of the New York Colony included present-day New York State, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont. The boundaries also included parts of present-day Maine, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut. -
South carolina
Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the US constitution in 1788 ts early economy was largely agricultural, benefiting from the area's fertile soil,and plantation farmers relied on the slave trade for cheap labor to maximize their profits -
Delaware
The Delaware Colony was the first of the original 13 colonies to ratify the federal Constitution. The Delaware Colony became a state on December 7th 1787 Delaware encompasses 2489 square miles. It is the smallest state but also one of the most densely populated states in the US -
connecticut
The Connecticut Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which became the state of Connecticut -
maryland
Maryland Colony was established as a religious refuge Although it was created as a haven for English Catholics many of the original settlers were Protestants -
New hampshire
The New Hampshire Colony became a state June 21st, 1788, and it was the first state to have its own state constitution. New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify and adapt the US Constitution. -
North Carolina
1729 the North also South Carolina colonies became royal colonies, after the Lord Proprietors sold their holdings of the Carolina to the English-the North Carolina Colony became a state on November 21st, 1789. North Carolina would secede from the United States in 1861 along with 10 other states -
Rhode island
The colony of Rhode Island began in 1636 when clergyman Roger Williams was exiled from Massachusetts Bay The Puritans disagreed with Williams's religious views. He named his new settlement "Providence claiming providence had brought him there Rhode Island feeds itself
