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Jamestown Colony
The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia - refer to Virginia Colony -
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13 Colonies Timeline
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The rule of Sir Thomas Dale
good order in Virginia The 'Starving Time' referred to the situation at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia when the Powhatan Confederacy attempted to remove the English from Virginia by starvation -
1620, located in present-day Plymouth,
Massachusetts, United States. The Mayflower Compact was a legal document written by the Pilgrims to specify basic laws and social rules for their new colony. -
1624 virginia was made a royal colony
The Dutch surrendered New Netherlands without a fight and it was renamed New York. -
1638 by Peter Minuit and others - refer to Delaware Colony
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, was a Protestant sect founded in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people -
1639, three settlements joined to form a unified governme a document called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut,
1639, three settlements joined to form a unified government creating a document called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written constitution in America -
1662 - refer to Connecticut Colony.
Rhode Island. Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence. Anne Hutchinson was also banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and she settled Portsmouth -
King Charles II granted New Netherland
to his brother James, Duke of York who took a fleet to the area. -
1729, North and South Carolina
became separate Proprietary Colonies - refer to North Carolina Colony and South Carolina Colony -
Maine was made its own state in 1820
New Netherlands, which became New York, was settled by the Dutch - refer to Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit.
