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BRITISH AMERICA AND THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
King James I
Elizabeth I dies in 1603 and James I becomes king Noted for his
commissioning the King James Bible
James charters the London Virginia Company to colonize North America
Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was founded in 1607 First successful
British colony in North America
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay
1620: The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower, seeking religious freedom
Only half the 102 colonists survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621
The Thirteen Colonies
New England Colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Middle Colonies: New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
The Original Ivy League
The Original Ivy League were the nine colonial colleges chartered by Great Britain: New College (Harvard University), 1636 The College of William and Mary, 1693 Collegiate School (Yale University), 1701 Academy of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania),
1740 College of New Jersey (Princeton University), 1746 King’s College (Columbia University), 1754 Rhode Island College (Brown University), 1764 Queen’s College (Rutgers University), 1766 Dartmouth College, 1769 They are the oldest universities in the United States and
some of the finest in the world