Chapter 7: The Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries - Places

      Places

       During the early eighteenth centuries, there were many colonies that were now established. One of the locations was the Chesapeake, which was the bay of Captain John Smith. One particular colony that still exists today is located in Virginia. The colony, Jamestown, was found in 1607 but was an official town until 1619. The Jamestown settlement was one of the colonies that experienced the crucial "starving time". In the east coast of North America is the Massachusetts Bay colony that was founded in 1628. The settlement resembled parts of New England at the time it was found. Most colonies were packed together as the Middle colonies. These colonies, which were thirteen, were located in the middle region where New York, Delaware and New Jersey are located.
 
       The colonies that included the first African Americans were in the lower south.