10 Cool Dates In History

Virginia

1607

Captain John Smith founded Virginia in on May 14 1607.Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth the 1 , because she was called the virgin Queen.

10 Cool Dates In History

Period: Jun 25, 1607 to Jun 25, 1732

Massachusetts

1620

Massachusetts is part of the new England colonies

New Hampshire

1623

founded in 1623, by Captain John Mason in the England Colony.

New York

1626

New York is part of the Middle colony, founded in 1624.

Rhode Island

1636

Rhode island is the smallest of the 13 colonies.

Delaware

1638

Delaware was part of the middle colony.

New Jersey

1664

est. as one of the British colonies in 1664

Pennsylvania

1681

William Penn got this land from King Charles ll from a prior loan. He was going to call it Sylvania which means woods.But later called it Pennsylvania.

Geogia

1732

Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe.