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1607- The First Colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia
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1620- Pligrims establish their own goverment
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1624- Virginia was made a royal colony
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1628- puritans led by Jon Winthrop, formed the Massachussets Bay Company
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1634- Maryland was settled. King Charles I gave land to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
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1638- New Hampshire was founded by John Mason
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1662- King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony
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1663- carolina was settled. The main port was called Charles Town (Charleston) after the king.
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1664- New Jersey was settled. The Duke of York granted some land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley who named their colony New Jersey.
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1673- The plantation Duty
