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Founded by: VA Company in 1607
Significance: First permanent English Colony |
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Founded by: Pilgrims in 1620
Significance: Mayflower Compact |
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Founded by: Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
Significance: Puritans |
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Founded by: Lord Baltimore in 1634
Significance: First proprietary colony; only Catholic colony |
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Founded by: Roger Williams in 1636
Significance: Religious Toleration |
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Founded by: Thomas Hooker 1636
Significance: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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Founded by: Sweden in 1638
Significance: under English rule until 1664 |
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Founded by: Proprietary
Significance: North and South given separate charters in the 18th century |
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Founded by: Duke of York
Significance: Under Dutch control as New Amsterdam from 1621 to 1664 |
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Founded by: John Mason
Significance: Royal charter in 1679 |
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Founded by: Berkeley and Carteret
Significance: Overshadowed by NY |
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Founded by: William Penn
Significance: Proprietary colony; settled by Quakers |
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Founded by James Oglethorpe
Significance: Bugger against Spanish Florida |
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