andre's 13 colonie timeline By sara.lemus 1607 James Town is founded 1620 a group of people from England known as the pilgrims,arrive in what is now Plymouth Massachusets they were part of the larger group called puratains 1624 Virginia becomes a royal colony 1650 the Dutch take over the Swedish colonies 1660 the Dutch settle in New Jersey 1663 the English settle the Caronlinas 1664 The English take over all Dutch lands and rename new Netherlands as New York 1679 New Hampshire becomes a sperate colony 1681 William Penn an English Quaker leader sets up the colony Pensilvainya 1691 Plymouth and Massachusets are combined