The 13 Colonies

Jamestown

Sep 8, 1607

Jamestown, Virgina was founded in 1607 it was named after King James I. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Pilgrams

Jan 1, 1620

Pilgrams wanted to seperate from the Church of England, so in 1620 they travled to the new world for freedom.

New Hampshire

Jan 1, 1622

New Hampshire was founded in 1622. It was named after Hampshire in England. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

New York

Jan 1, 1624

New York was founded in 1624 as part o fthe Providence of York. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Jan 1, 1630

Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630. Settlers from Shawmuth and Trimoutaine changed its name to Boston. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Maryland

Jan 1, 1632

Maryland was founded in 1632. Maryland was named after Queen Henrietta Maria. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Connecticut

Jan 1, 1635

Connecticut was founded in 1635. The first settlers of Connecticut were originally Dutchmen who lived near modern-day Hartford. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Rhode Island

Jan 1, 1636

Rhode Island was founded in 1636. It was the first colony of England that declared independence and separation from the English rule. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Delaware

Jan 1, 1638

Delaware was founded in 1638, and Dutchmen were its first settlers. It is home to the Battle of Delaware Bay during the American Revolutionary War. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

North Carolina

Jan 1, 1653

North Carolina was founded in 1653 but it was the first places to be inhabited in the New World in 1587. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

South Carolina

Jan 1, 1663

South Carolina
was founded by the Lord Proprietors in 1663. Six years later, the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina was written by John Locke.
http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

New Jersey

Jan 1, 1664

New Jersey was founded in 1664 by the British crown, though Dutchsettlements were already there as early as in 1613. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Pennsylvania

Jan 1, 1681

Pennsylvania was founded in 1681, but a Swedish man named Peter Minuit had rightly claimed it in 1638. King Charles II gave William Penn the land grant for what is now known as Pennsylvania. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Georgia

Jan 1, 1733

Georgia was founded in 1733, and was named after King George II. It became subject to frequent invasions. http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/