Students,
I will rarely share class notes on the blog. They will always be available in the class notebook to look at during break or lunch. I'm making an exception with these... so enjoy!
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1585 - Roanoke Colony or The Lost Colony.
1606-7 - John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
1620 - The Mayflower of separatist English Puritans lands in Plymouth on November 11. Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) established, the 2nd original permanent settlement.
1623 - John Mason and John Wheelwright found the city of Hover, and the 3rd settlement in American history this time line, the New Hampshire Colony.
1626 - Peter Stuyvesant from Amsterdam settles New Amsterdam, later New York.
1634 - Cecil Calvert founds the 4th, the Maryland Colony. Founded as place for Roman Catholics to settle.
1636 - Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson found Rhode Island colony and welcome religious dissenters.
Connecticut Colony founded by Thomas Hooker and Massachusetts colonists. Number 6 of the original 13 colonies.
1638 - Delaware Colony, the 7th original colony, settled by Dutch and Swedes. Ownership also claimed by English.
1653 - Virginians settle the 8th colony; the North Carolina Colony.
1663 - King Charles II issues for settling the South Carolina Colony: the 9th of the original 13 colonies.
1664 - Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret establish the 10th original colony; the New Jersey Colony in New Netherland.
The brother of King Charles II, James the Duke of York, founds the New York Colony, the 11th original colony.
1682 - Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony; the 12th of original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
- 1732 James Oglethorpe founds the 13th of the original colonies: the Georgia Colony, named after King George II as protection against the expansion of Spain in the Latin Americas.
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