1600-1800

By Swager#4

  • Carolinas

    The North Carolina Colony was founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists. - refer to Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. Carolina is derived from the Latin name Carolus, translated as "Charles." The state was named in honor Charles IX of France and then King Charles I and King Charles II of England.

  • Massachusetts Bay

    John Winthrop led the Purtans to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • Connecticut

    Thomas Hooker, a prominent Puritan minister, and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who led 100 people to present day Hartford in 1636, are often considered the founders of the Connecticut colony.

  • Rhode Island

    Roger Williams (1603?-1683) was a religious dissenter and the founder of Rhode Island (1636). During his fifty years in New England, Williams was a staunch advocate of religious toleration and separation of church and state.

  • New Jersey

    Lord Berkeley 1660

  • Pennsylvania

    William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.

  • Virginia

    John Smith 1607

  • New York

    Peter Minuit 1626

  • Delaware

    Peter Minuit 1638

  • South Carolina

    The South Carolina Colony was founded in 1633 by eight English nobles with a Royal Charter from King Charles II - refer to Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729.

  • French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war were fighting over land and trying to have more power.

  • French and Indian war

    In 1754, was when the war starded.

  • French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war was the French & Indians vs. the British & the colonist.

  • North Carolina

  • French and Indian war

    On 1763, was when the war ended.

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Declaratory Act

  • Townshend Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Coercive Acts

  • Olive Branch Petition

  • New Hampshire

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle at Saratoga

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Georgia