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Original 13 Colonies

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Difficult Place in England

    They only wanted money, so they started seeling wool instead of sheep. This led to a food shortage causing them to move.
  • Roanoke First Settlement

    Roanoke was the first colony. There were 91 men, 17 women and 9 children.
  • Roanoke Mistery

    When they reuend they came to find that the colony had vanished entirely.
  • Royal Charter

    James I creaated a Royal Charter which allowed the people to settle.
  • Virginia Settlement

    The London Company sent 144 men to Virginia.
  • Chesapeake Bay

  • Jamestown

    Headed 60 miles up the river where they built a settlement called James Town.
  • Tobacco in James Town

    Started growing tobacco.
  • Slaves in Jamestown

    First african slaves arrived
  • Pilgrims

    The pilgrims arrived in Plymouth.
  • Tobacco Colonies

    Crown granted 12 million acres of land to the second Lord Baltimore. They used the plantation to grow tobacco and the slaves to work in the fields.
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    Provinces of Carolina

  • New York

    King Charles II gave territory to his brother, the Duke of York, whcih is known today as New York.
  • New England Colonies

    Connecticut and New Haven combined in 1665
  • Pennsylvania

    King granted 45,000 sq. miles of land to William Penn, which is now currently known as Pennsylvania.
  • Period: to

    Provinces of North and South Carolina

  • Georgia Province

    In 1732 James Oglethorpe established the Georgia colony.