Sara's 13 Colony's Timeline By sara.lemus 1607 James Town is founded 1624 Verging becomes a royal colony 1638 Swedish people settle in what is now called Delaware 1650 The Dutch take over the Swedish colonys 1660 The Dutch settle in New Jursey 1663 The English settles in the Carolinas 1664 The English take over all the Dutch lands, and they rename New Netherlands as Ney York 1691 Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay are combined 1729 The Carolina is split into North and South Carolina 1733 Georgia is settled