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Hace 1 día · Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 as a proprietary colony; chartered as a royal colony in 1624. Province of Maryland , established 1632 as a proprietary colony. Province of North Carolina , previously part of the Carolina province (see below) until 1712; chartered as a royal colony in 1729.
Hace 2 días · Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
Hace 4 días · The first European colony, Caparra, was founded on August 8, 1508, by Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, who was greeted by the Taíno Cacique Agüeybaná and who later became the first governor of the island. Ponce de Leon was actively involved in the Hatuey (Jaragua) massacre of 1503 in Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic).
Hace 5 días · Formerly a British colony, The Bahamas became an independent country within the Commonwealth in 1973. The Bahamas The name Bahamas is of Lucayan Taino ( Arawakan ) derivation, although some historians believe it is from the Spanish bajamar , meaning “shallow water.”
Hace 5 días · The Lords Proprietors of Carolina were a group of eight English nobles who received a royal charter from King Charles II in 1663 to establish and govern the Carolina colony. They played a significant role in the colony’s early development, overseeing its governance and land distribution, and exerting substantial influence in shaping Carolina’s political and economic landscape.
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Hace 4 días · William Penn (born October 14, 1644, London, England—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire) was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe. Early life and education.
Hace 5 días · governor (1664-1668), New York. Richard Nicolls (born 1624, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Eng.—died May 28, 1672, in the North Sea, off Suffolk, Eng.) was the first English governor of the province of New York in the American colonies. The son of a barrister, Nicolls was a stalwart Royalist who served in the army during the English Civil Wars and ...
