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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
The Original Thirteen Colonies
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The Virginia Colony was founded
It was founded by The London Company -
Pocahantus saves John Smith.
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The founding of the Massachusetts Colony
It was founded by The Puritans looking for religious freedom. Named for the Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place") -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock.
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The founding of the New Hampshire Colony
It was founded by John Wheelwright. Named for county of Hampshire in England. -
Founding of the Massachusetts colony.
Founded by John Winthrope. Named for Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place"). -
The founding of the Maryland Colony
It was founded by Lord Baltimore. Named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England. -
Founding of the Connecticut Colony
It was founded by Thomas Hooker. Named from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river". -
The founding of the Rhode Island Colony
It was founded by Roger Williams. -
The founding of the Delaware Colony
Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company. Named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr. -
The founding of the North Carolina Colony.
It was founded by colonists from the Virginian colony. -
The founding of the North Carolina Colony.
It was founded by colonists from the Virginian colony. Name from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England. -
The founding of the South Carolina Colony.
It was founded by Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II. -
The founding of the New Jersey Colony.
It was founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. -
The founding of the New York Colony.
It was founded by the Duke of York -
Founding of Pennsylvania colony.
Founded by William Penn. Named for William Penn and sylvania, Latin for "forest". -
Salem Witch Trials
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Declaration of Independence.
