This is a 13 Colonies list that details when the colony was founded and some of the famous people involved with the colony.
Plymouth Colony was de-established and eventually merged with the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony. New York was founded by Peter Stuyvesant but was known as New Amsterdam until it was captured by the British and its name changed to New York.
| Date Founded | Name | Famous People |
|---|---|---|
| 1607 | Virginia | John SmithJohn Rolfe |
| 1620 | Plymouth Colony(de-established) | John CarverWilliam Bradford |
| 1626 | New York | Peter StuyvesantPeter Minuit |
| 1630 | Massachusetts | John Winthrop |
| 1633 | Maryland | George Calvert |
| 1636 | Rhode Island | Roger WilliamsAnne Hutchinson |
| 1636 | Connecticut | Thomas Hooker |
| 1638 | New Hampshire | John Mason. |
| 1638 | Delaware | Peter Minuit |
| 1653 | North Carolina | Lords Proprietor |
| 1663 | South Carolina | Lords Proprietor |
| 1664 | New Jersey | Lord BerkeleyGeorge Carteret |
| 1682 | Pennsylvania | William Penn |
| 1732 | Georgia | James Oglethorpe |
13 Colonies List: Statehood
After the Revolutionary War was over, the colonies became states. At first, they were part of a confederation that was under the Articles of Confederation, but eventually, the government was reformed, and the Constitution was written and ratified.
This is a quick timeline of the ratification:
- December 7, 1787 - Delaware became the first state of the United States of America.
- December 12, 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state of the United States of America.
- December 18, 1787 - New Jersey becomes the third state of the United States of America.
- January 2, 1788 - Georgia becomes the fourth state of the United States of America.
- January 9, 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state of the United States of America.
- February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts became the sixth state of the United States of America.
- April 28, 1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state of the United States of America.
- May 23, 1788 - South Carolina becomes the eighth state of the United States of America.
- June 21, 1788 - New Hampshire becomes the ninth state of the United States of America.
- June 25, 1788 - Virginia becomes the tenth state of the United States of America.
- June 26, 1788 - New York becomes the eleventh state of the United States of America.
- November 21, 1789 - North Carolina becomes the twelfth state of the United States of America.
- May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the thirteenth state of the United States of America.
Rhode Island, being the smallest state in the Union, held out from joining the Union in fear of not being equally represented.
This eventually caused the Great Compromise, which allowed equal representation in the Senate and allowed representation based on population in the House of Representatives.
A colony not listed due to being absorbed by Connecticut was the New Haven Colony.