13 English Colonies

            Colony

Founded

Leader

Type of Character

1st settled

Virginia

1607

John Smith

Corporate 1607-1624

Royal 1624-1776

Jamestown

Plymouth

1620

William Bradford

Corporate 1620-1691

Royal 1685-1776

Plymouth

New Netherland

N.Y. After 1663

1626

Peter Minuit of Dutch

Duke of York for English

Prop.1664-1685

Royal 1685-1776

New Amsterdam

Massachusetts Bay

1630

John Winthrop

Corp. 1630-1691

Royal 1685-1776

Boston

Maryland

1634

George Calvert

Prop. 1632-1776

St. Mary’s

Rhode Island

1636

Roger Williams

Corp. 1644-1776

Plymouth

Connecticut

1636

Thomas Hooker

Corp. 1662-1776

Hartford

New Hampshire

1638

John Wheelright

Prop. 1639-1680

Royal 1680-1775

Exeter

Delaware

Taken by Dutch from Swedish-1665;

Taken by English from Dutch – 1664

1638

Peter Minuit

Prop. 1682-1776

Wilmington

North Carolina

Albemarie County

1653

Group of 8 proprietors

Prop. 1663-1729

Royal 1729-1776

Albemarie Co.

South Carolina

1663

Group of 8 proprietors

Prop. 1663-1729

Royal 1729-1776

Charleston

New Jersey

1664

Lord Berkeley

Sir Carteret

Prop. 1663-1729

Royal 1729-1776

East-Carteret

West-Salem

Pennsylvania

1682

William Penn

Prop. 1682- 1776

Philadelphia

Georgia

1732

James Ogelthorpe

Prop. 1732-1752

Royal 1752-1776

Savannah