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Virginia becomes the first Colony
Virginia is founded under a patent for the London Company and becomes the first British Company in North America. Jamestown, Virginia is the first permanent English settlement. -
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Massachusetts is founded
The king of England grants a charter to a group of Puritans to allow them to form a colony along Massachusetts Bay. -
New Hampshire is founded
New Hampshire is created as a fishing colony by Captain John Mason. It is named for Hampshire Country in England. -
Lord Baltimore found colony of Maryland
The colonists from England arrived on the western shore of Maryland St. Mary's. George Calvert, the first Lord of Baltimore, is acting under a royal charter to crate a colony to serve as a refuge for Catholics. -
Puritans establish the colony of Connecticut
Puritan minister Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay colony establish River colony, later called Connecticut. Hooker lost support in Massachusetts for his belief in Governor being led my consent of the people, not just God's will. -
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams
After being kicked out Massachusetts for his belief of separation of Church and state, Roger Williams goes to live with the Narragansett Indians. He forms Providence, Which will be be the captain of Rhode Island. -
Delaware is founded by Peter Minuit and the New Sweden colony
Peter Minuit of the Netherlands establishes a colony called New Sweden Minuit, later is forced to give up the colony when King Charles II takes control of the area called New Netherlands and tell him to give it to his brother James, the Duke of York. James renames New Sweden Delaware. -
A group of Virginia's establishes Carolina
Acting on a charter from King Charles II, eight noblemen from Virginia create a settlement South of Virginia. They call it Carolina, although it is divided into North Carolina and South Carolina when the crown takes care of the colony in 1729. -
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret found New Jersey
James, the Duke of York, gives lands from New Netherlands to his friends Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. They call the colony New Jersey and advertise is as a place or religious freedom. -
The Duke of York establishes New York
With the Duke of York in control of the farmer Dutch trading post, He renamed it New York. The city the Dutch called New Amsterdam becomes New York City.
