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John White returns to Roanoke and finds deserted land.
After helping establish the first English settlement on the Island of Roanoke, John White reluctantly returned to England for supplies. -
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The Thirteen Colonies by Chelsea Powell
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Massachusetts is founded.
The Puritans form the colony of Massachusetts as a place to spread their religion and extend the empire of Great Britain. -
New Hampshire is founded.
New Hampshire is created as a fishing colony by Captain John Mason. -
Puritans establish the colony of Connecticut
Puritan minister Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establish River Colony, later called Connecticut. -
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams
After being kicked out Massachusetts for his belief in the separation of church and state, Roger Williams goes to live with the Narragansett Indians. He forms Providence, which will be capital of Rhode Island -
A group of Virginians establishes Carolina.
Eight noblemen from Virginia created a settlement south of Virginia. They later called it Carolina. Later, it divided into North and South Carolina. -
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret found New Jersey
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret call the colony New Jersey and advertise it as a place of religious freedom. -
Pennsylvania is established by William Penn
William Penn creates a colony to serve as a refuge for Quakers under persecution in England. -
The colonies declare their independence from England.
With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was won through the Revolutionary War and the colonies become the United States of America. -
The 13 colonies are represented in the first American flag.
The Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that states the American flag shall have 13 stripes, alternately in red and white, to represent the 13 colonies.
