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Establishment of the Virginia Colony
Sir Walter Raleigh was the founder of the Virginia Colony nearby Roanoke Island (Now known as North Carolina). Virginia was one of the five Southern colonies. It has good soil and plenty of plantations. -
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Change Can Happen
Change can happen in more than a century. From plain old fields, grass, roads to a busy little town and plantations, a lot has progressed since the beginning of the first colony. -
Establishment of the New York Colony
The New York colony was founded by Peter Minuit and Peter Stuyvesant in 1626 as part of the Middle colonies. It was founded for trading with others and for its profit. -
Establishment of the Massachusetts Colony
Being founded by John Winthrop in 1630, it is a New England Colony. Fishing, building ships, and whale hunting were some of the ways that the settlers in the Massachusetts Colony made money. -
Establishment of the Maryland Colony
The Maryland Colony was established in 1633 by John Calvert and Lord Baltimore. Maryland was a Southern colony that had plantations and slaves. -
Establishment of the Connecticut Colony
Founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker, the Connecticut colony was the sixth colony to be established. Puritans, religious people who wanted to purify the Church of England, moved to the Connecticut colony after leaving England. -
Establishment of the Rhode Island Colony
Founded in the same year as the Connecticut colony, 1636, the Rhode Island was the fifth colony to be part of the 13 first original colonies. It was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. -
Establishment of the New Hampshire Colony
Two people took part in the starting of the New Hampshire Colony. John Mason founded the colony but John Wheelwright started it. The New Hampshire colony started on 1638 and became one of the New England colonies. -
Establishment of the Delaware Colony
In 1638, the Delaware Colony was founded by one of the two people that founded the New York colony, Peter Minuit. Delaware was the first colony that became a state. -
Establishment of the North Carolina Colony
The North Carolina Colony was also founded by the Lords Proprietors in 1653. It is one of the Southern colonies and is the ninth colony to be founded. -
Establishment of the South Carolina Colony
The South Carolina colony was established by Charter of Carolina in 1663. It is one of the Southern colonies. They traded fur, indigo, tobacco, cotton, and many more. -
Establishment of the New Jersey Colony
The New Jersey Colony was established in 1664 by a group known as the Lord Proprietors. Sir William Berkeley was one of the Lord Proprietors. Its weather was fit for agriculture. The same year it was founded, the English stole the colony from the Dutch. -
Establishment of the Pennylvania Colony
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in by William Penn. This colony was one that many people came to because of its rights, freedom, and fairness. It served as a refuge for Quakers, the group that believed in only the words that came from God himself. -
Establishment of the Georgia Colony
The Georgia Colony was founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe. It is one of the Southern colonies. Mistreated protestants were refugees in the Georgia Colony. It was also the last colony to be established. -
Declaration of Indepence
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 by our Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.
