The first colony in what is today the United States was Saint Augustine, Florida. The first permanent English colony was Jamestown, VA... followed by Plymouth, MA.
The first European settlement in Australia was a penal colony.
The first settlement in the state of Maine was founded in 1604. This colony was established by Samuel de Champlain who claimed it for France.
The province of Maine. 1622 also was the year of the great Jamestown massacre by the Indians.
The colony of Maine was never actually founded, as it existed originally as part of the colony of Massachusetts. The district of Maine seceded from Massachusetts on March 15, 1820.
Maine was its own colony -Leppis
The surviving colony of Roanoke was not the first colony. The settlement of Jamestown was the first successful European settlement.
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The colony of Maine would be the Northern colonies.
Maine was a colony of Massachusetts until 1820.
The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 by a French party. The first English settlement in Maine, the short-livedPopham Colony, was established by thePlymouth Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate, deprivations, and Indian attacks wiped out many of them over the years. As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen settlements still survived. American and British forces contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Maine was an exclave of Massachusetts until 1820, when as a result of the growing population, it became the 23rd state on March 15 under the Missouri Compromise.note: Maine was never a colony, it was only a territory.
The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 by a French party. The first English settlement in Maine, the short-livedPopham Colony, was established by thePlymouth Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate, deprivations, and Indian attacks wiped out many of them over the years. As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen settlements still survived. American and British forces contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Maine was an exclave of Massachusetts until 1820, when as a result of the growing population, it became the 23rd state on March 15 under the Missouri Compromise.note: Maine was never a colony, it was only a territory.
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