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