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=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 including the years of settlement and founders of each. ||
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 * [[image:history.jpg link="@http://www.history.com/topics/thirteen-colonies"]] || =Jamestown= ||
 * [[file:The 13 American Colonies.docx]] ||  ||
 * Sort: [|Colony Name], Year || View: [|List]

1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony || Puritans || [|1691] ||
 * **Colony Name** || **Year Founded** || **Founded By** || **Became Royal Colony** ||
 * [|Virginia] || [|1607] || London Company || [|1624] ||
 * [|Massachusetts] || 1620 - [|Plymouth Colony]
 * [|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] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Virginians || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1729 ||
 * [|South Carolina] || [|1663] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1729 ||
 * [|New Jersey] || [|1664] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1702 ||
 * [|New York] || [|1664] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Duke of York || [|1685] ||
 * [|Pennsylvania] || [|1682] || [|William Penn] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">N/A ||
 * [|Georgia] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1732 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">James Edward Oglethorpe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1752 ||