The Exploration of the Thirteen Colonies!!! By Ashton999 1607 The first colonies were founded at Jamestown. Period: 1607 to 1703 The Thirteen Colonies 1620 The Pilgrims established their own government using the Mayflower Compact which was drafted on the Mayflower on the way to the New World. 1624 Virginia was made a Royal Colony. 1630 The Great Migration: Mass Migration of English people to the Americas that took place between 1630 and 1640. 1638 Delaware was settled by Peter Minuit and others 1662 King Charles II offcially united Connecticut as a single colony 1679 John Mason eventually formed New Hampshire when the region was given a royal charter in 1679 1682 Quakers settled in Pennyslvania. 1702 New Jersey - The two parts of the colony were united into a royal colony. 1703 The Duke of York gained New Neatherland and New Sweden which had been founded by Peter Minuit.
