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fort st george
The Mary and John arrived three days later. The colonists quickly began construction of large star-shaped Fort St. George. -
ENGLISH settlement
The English began a colony (Jamestown) in Chesapeake Bay in 1607. -
cupers cove
Cuper's Cove, on the southwest shore of Conception Bay on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula was an early English settlement in the New World, and the second one after Jamestown, Virginia to endure for longer than a year. It was established in 1610 by John Guy -
Dutch. fort nassau
Fort Nassau (aka Fort van Nassouwen) was the first Dutch settlement in North America -
plymouth
Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth, or Plymouth Bay Colony) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. At its height, Plymouth Colony occupied most of the southeastern portion of the modern state of Massachusetts. -
english. salem
Salem, located at the mouth of the Naumkeag river at the site of an ancient Native American village and trading center, was first settled by Europeans in 1626, also home of the salem witch trials -
massachusetts bay colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America (Massachusetts Bay) in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. -
english civil war
1642-46 English Civil War. In the Spring and Summer of 1642, Charles based himself first at York and then at Oxford. He began to raise an army and was joined by many members of the House of Commons and most of the Lords. -
A group of Virginians establishes Carolina. English
Acting on a charter from King Charles II, eight noblemen from Virginia create a settlement south of Virginia. They call it Carolina, although it is divided into North Carolina and South Carolina when the crown takes control of the colony in 1729. -
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret found New Jersey.
James, the Duke of York, gives land from New Netherland to his friends Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. They call the colony New Jersey and advertise it as a place of religious freedom. -
Dutch.The Duke of York establishes New York.
the Duke of York was in control of the former Dutch trading post, he renamed it New York. The city the Dutch called New Amsterdam becomes New York City. -
Pennsylvania is established by William Penn.
Acting on a land grant that is owed to his deceased father, William Penn creates a colony to serve as a refuge for Quakers under persecution in England. By 1700, it grows to be the third largest colony in the New World.
