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They were founded
The colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia -
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims establish there own government, the basis of which the Mayflower Compact, which they drafted on their journey to the New World on the Mayflower. -
Puritans
Puritans led by John Winthrop formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and many Puritans continued to settle in the areas around Boston. -
Finally settled
Maryland was settled. King Charles gave land to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, to create a haven for Catholics in America -
1638
In 1638 New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled by John Wheelwright and others, but also Delaware was settled by Peter Minuit and others -
King Charles
King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony -
Charter of Carolinas
Carolina was settled. Eight men recieved Charters for the Carolinas in 1663 from King Charles II to settle lands south of Virginia. -
Rebellion
1675-1676 Bacon's Rebellion. Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676-1677 against American Indians and the colonial government in the Virginia Colony and Bacon's Declaration of the people. -
TWO
New Jersey. The two parts of the colony of New Jersey were united into a royal colony until 1702 -
Independence
A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 colonies.
