Colonial Events

  • Virginia

    Virginia
    Virginia was a southern colony
  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims
    They settled near Jamestown, Virginia
  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts
    Squanto taught people how to farm and hunt in the Massachusetts colony.
  • New York

    New York
    New York became a colony in 1626
  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island
    Rhode island is the smallest state
  • Delaware

    Delaware
    Delaware was a part of Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania is Established

    Pennsylvania is Established
    they were a very important distribution center
  • Maryland

    Maryland
    William Nuthead started the first printing business in St. Mary’s City in 1685. When he died, his wife Diana inherited the business. She was the first female licensed as a printer in the colonies.
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
    South Carolina was the first colony to declare independence from Britain in 1776 and played an important part in the American Revolution.
  • New Jersey

    New Jersey
    freedom of religion forests good land