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