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The 13 colonys

By Evankampa
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    The 13 colonies

  • 1607

    1607
    John smith founded Virginia in 1607. Then he named it jamestown.

  • 1620

    1620
    Massachusetts was founded in 1620 by john winthrop. everybody could attend a town meeting but only men who had land could vote.

  • 1626

    1626
    The king of england gave duke james land. later was named new york it was founded in 1626

  • 1630

    1630
    puritans and natives went to war over land. But natives thought that no one could own land but puritans thought different.

  • 1631

    1631
    Harvard became the first college founded in 1631. It was the first collage in america.

  • 1635

    1635
    William penn believed that the government should be separate from the church.because of this he was banished from massachusetts

  • 1636

    1636
    roger William founded rhode island in 1636 on may 29. he made friends with natives.

  • 1638

    1638
    Delaware was founded in 1638 Delaware was part of the land that the king gave penn. so it was a part of pennsylvania but later became its own colony

  • 1646

    1646
    The duke of York gave parts of new York to two friends. who named them east jersey and west jersey that later became new jersey

  • 1681

    1681
    the king of England gave William penn land. because he owed money to his family