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Feb 20, 1565
St. Augustine
St. Augustine was founded by a spanish explorer named Pedro Menendez. It is located in Florida. -
Roadoke ( Lost colony)
Roadoke is of the coast of North Carolina but, no one knows what happened to the colonists. Only 15 of them stayed and the rest went back to England. -
New Netherland
New Netherland is part of what is now New York, New Jersey, Delawere, and Connecticut. It was claimed by the dutch and became an english colony. -
Jamestown
Jamestown is in Virginia and was the first permanent colony in North America. 2/3 of the people there died because of diseases, Indian attacks, bad drinking water and bad food. -
Plymith
Plymith is by the Massachusetts bay colony. They went to America on the Mayflower to have freedom of their religean. -
Williamsburg
Williamsburg is between the James and The New York rivers. it was named after King William the 3 and was a very rich colony. -
Pennsylvania colony
The Pennsylvania colony was west of the Delaware river between what is now the New york and the Maryland rivers. The people there were under Royal controle. They made illegal trade and had problems with the govermet. -
New Sweden
New Sweden was the only Swedish colony. The Dutch didn't want the Swedish colony there because the were realy close to the Dutch colony.
