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Roanoke Colony disappears and is called 'the lost Colony'
this was the first attempt at a permanent English settlement -
Period: to
colonial timespan
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Jamestown settlement is established
Americas fist permanent settlement -
Massachusetts Colony is established
This Colony is the first of the New England Colonys -
First Thanksgiving celebration feast is held
Held to show thanks for one year in the new world -
New Hampshire Colony is established
1679, King Charles the Second made New Hampshire a royal colony. -
Delaware Colony is established
This colony was best renowned for its agriculture, particularly wheat, corn, and tobacco farming -
North Carolina Colony is founded
It was one of the first American colonies to declare independence from England. -
New Jersey Colony is founded
New Jersey is known as one of the breadbasket colonies -
William Penn establishes Pennsylvania Colony
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. -
Georgia Colony is established
the only one of the North American colonies in which slavery was explicitly banned at the outset, along with rum, lawyers, and Catholics.