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Nov 4, 1524
New York Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1524 by the Dutch - Puritans came and took over politically and economically - Split into New York Colony and New Amsterdam COlony -
North Carolina Was Founded
Founded in 1587 by John White - -
Virginia Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1607 by John Smith and Christopher Newport - Tobacco was Jamestown's cash crop - Had America's first representative government -
New Jersey Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1613 by the Dutch - 1664 the British drove the Dutch out and claimed the land - Was originally named New Netherland -
Connecticut Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1614 by Dutch fur traders - First English Settelers arrived in 1633 lead by Reverend Thomas Hooker - They were Puritans -
Massachusetts Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1620 by the pilgrims - Wrote the Mayflower Compact to ensure the survival of the company - Celebrated the First Thanksgiving -
New Hampshire Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1622 by John Mason and Ferdinand Gorges - They were fishermen - Gained independance when they elected Benning Wentworth -
Delaware Was Founded
Founded in 1631 by the Dutch - All original settlers were killed in a disagreement with the natives - First colony to acknowledge the US Constitution -
Maryland Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1632 by Cecil Calvert - It was named after Henrietta Maria, the wife of the King - Catholicism was banned until the Revolutionary War -
Rhode Island Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams - Has religious freedom - Established a self-governing colony -
South Carolina Was Founded
Founded in 1663 by The Lords Proprietors - Major producer of Rice and Tobacco - in the late 1700's the majority of the population was African slaves -
Pennsylvania Colony was Founded
Founded in 1681 by William Penn - Based the government on the religious freedoms of the Quakers - Named after Admirial Penn, the King's father -
Georgia Colony Was Founded
Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe - Named after King George I - The last Colony of the New World
