Chart of the Thirteen Original Colonies
The British empire settled its first permanent colony in the Americas at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. This was the but the first of 13 colonies in North America. The 13 colonies can be divided into three regions: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. The chart below provides additional information include: years of settlement and founders.
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| COLONY NAME | YEAR FOUNDED | FOUNDED BY | BECAME ROYAL COLONY |
| Virginia | 1607 | London Company | 1624 |
| Massachusetts | 1620 | Puritans | 1691 |
| New Hampshire | 1623 | John Wheelwright | 1679 |
| Maryland | 1634 | Lord Baltimore | N/A |
| Connecticut | c. 1635 | Thomas Hooker | N/A |
| Rhode Island | 1636 | Roger Williams | N/A |
| Delaware | 1638 | Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company | N/A |
| North Carolina | 1653 | Virginians | 1729 |
| South Carolina | 1663 | Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II | 1729 |
| New Jersey | 1664 | Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret | 1702 |
| New York | 1664 | Duke of York | 1685 |
| Pennsylvania | 1682 | William Penn | N/A |
| Georgia | 1732 | James Edward Oglethorpe | 1752 |
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