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John White returns to Roanoke and finds deserted land
After helping establish the first English settlement on Roanoke island John White goes to deliver supplies but was delayed 3 years and when he got there it was abandoned. (www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
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The Span of Colonies Being Founded up to Pennsylvania
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Virginia becomes the first Colony
Virginia is founded under a patent for the London Company and becomes the first British Colony. Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanet settlement http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
Massachusetts is founded
The King of England gives a charter to some puritans to allow them to set up a colony on the Massachusetts river. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
New Hampshire is found
New Hampshire is created as a fishing colony by captain John Mason. It was named New Hampshire County of England. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
Lord Baltimore Finds Maryland
The first colonists from England arrive on the western shore of Maryland called St. Mary's. George Calvert was the first Lord of Baltimore. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
Puritans Establish the Colony of Connecticut
Puritan minister Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establish River Colony which later was called Connecticut. Thomas Hooker lost support in Massachusetts for his belief in government being ruled by the permission of the people, not just God's will. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams.
After being forced out Massachusetts for his belief in the separation of church and state. Roger Williams goes to live with the Narragansett Indians. He forms a place called Providence (which is today the capital of Rhode Island.) http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
Delaware is found.
Peter Minuit of Netherlands established a colony called New Sweden. Peter Minuit later is forced to give up the colony when King Charles II takes control of the area and tells him to give it to his brother James the Duke of York. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
A Group of Virginians Establish Carolina
Acting on a charter from King Charles II. Eight noblemen from Virginia created a settlement south of Virginia. They called it Carolina, although it is split into North Carolina and South Carolina. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/ -
William Penn discovers Pennsylvania
On a land grant that is owed to his sick father. William Penn creates a colony to serve as a refuge for Quakers under ill treatment in England. By 1700, it grows to be the third largest colony in America / the New World. http://www.softschools.com/timelines/13_colonies_timeline/125/
