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Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
On April 10, 1606, King James I of England issued two charters, one each for the Virginia Companies, of London and Plymouth, respectively. Due to a duplication of territory, the two companies were required to maintain a separation of 100 Miles, even where the two charters overlapped.These were privately-funded proprietary ventures, and the purpose of each was to claim land for England, trade, and return a profit.Competition between the two companies grew to where their potential New World territory overlapped, and would be finalized based upon results.The London Company was authorized to make settlements from North Carolina to New York , provided there was no conflict with the Plymouth Company’s charter.The Popham Colony was planted at the mouth of Maine's Kennebec River by the Virginia Company of Plymouth in the fall of 1607. Unlike the Jamestown Settlement, it was not successful, and was abandoned the following spring. The Virginia Company of Plymouth's charter included land extending as far as present-day northern Maine. Captain John Smith, exploring the shores of the region in 1614, named the region New England in his account of two voyages there, published as A Description of New England
New England Colony est.1620
1664 the colony of New York, after being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch for fifty years, passed, in 1664, to that of England. This political revolution secured a rapid colonization from various quarters. English, Irish, Scotch, French and Dutch chiefly the colony of New York, after being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch for fifty years passed in 1664 to that of England. This political revolution secured a rapid colonization from various quarters. English, Irish, Scotch, French, and Dutch, chiefly Presbyterians and Independents, now began to emigrate to the colony of New York.
Comanded by King James
