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One of the original colonies
Capital-Columbia
The Spanish attempted a settlement in 1526, but it was shortly abandoned. A group of French Huguenots established a colony on Parris Island in Port Royal Sound in 1562 which lasted about a year. …
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Concord
While the French were the first to explore this area, it was John Smith' explorations, maps, and reports of the region in 1614 which led to its eventual settlement. In 1622, John Mason an…
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One of the thirteen original colonies.
Capital-Dover
Delaware was explored by Henry Hudson for the Dutch in 1609, but was named for Lord De la Warr, an early English governor of Virginia. In 1638 Peter Minuit established the first successful…
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Harrisburg
Although Captain John Smith entered the Susquehanna River in 1608 and Henry Hudson entered Delaware Bay in 1609, the region was not explored extensively until Cornelius Hendricksen cam…
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Trenton
Dutch merchants established trade with the Lenape Indians and set up trading posts at present day Jersey City in 1618 and Fort Nassau in 1624. Swedish settlers came to the area in 1638. A…
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Atlanta
To stop French claims to the area, Pedro Menendez de Aviles attempted a coastal Spanish settlement in 1565. England claimed the territory in the 17th century, but did not colonize it unti…
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One of the original colonies
Capital-Hartford
Dutch residents from New Amsterdam established a trading post near present-day Hartford in 1633, but it was the English from the Massachusetts Bay Colony who made the initial move to colonize the…
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Boston
A group of zealous Puritans known as the Separatists or "Pilgrims" left England and established a colony at Plymouth in New England in 1620. In 1626, a Puritan settlement was sta…
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One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Annapolis
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted land to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore. At Calvert's death, his son succeeded to the title and organized a colonial expedition. Settlers arriv…
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Capital-Phoenix
Spanish Jesuits organized missions in the area after 1700, but Spain did not establish settlements until 1775-76 with the founding of Tucson. When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, the area was controlled by Mexico…