It was the pilgrims.
North Carolina
The first English colony was established on Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, in 1585. A second colony, the famous Lost Colony, was established two years later, but disappeared. A third colony, established in 1607 at Jamestown in Virginia, was more successful.
Jamestown in 1607 is the first permanent colony, but the second colony if you count Roanoke as the first colony.
Roanoke Island, in what was then considered Virginia but is now North Carolina, was the first English settlement. Unfortunately, none of the colonists survived. Jamestown VA was the first permanent colony. The first English colony in North America was established on Roanoke Island in 1585, in what is now North Carolina. A second colony, the so-called Lost Colony, was established two years later, but vanished. A third colony was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Virginia was the first established colony in America.
Roanoke Island, in what was then considered Virginia but is now North Carolina, was the first English settlement. Unfortunately, none of the colonists survived. Jamestown VA was the first permanent colony. The first English colony in North America was established on Roanoke Island in 1585, in what is now North Carolina. A second colony, the so-called Lost Colony, was established two years later, but vanished. A third colony was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Massachusetts
The second Permanent English colony in the plymouth colony was founded by a group of people called Pilgrims or Separatists.
The first person to actually see America was a Norse sailor named Bjarni Herjulfsson, and the first European to set foot on the 'New World' soil was Leif Eiriksson, who sailed to Newfoundland, Canada. He then traveled south to Vinland (America) and made a colony, called L'Anse aux Meadows. :)
The second smallest colony in of the original 13 colonies in Colonial America was Delaware Colony. Rhode Island Colony was the smallest colony.
the second English colony was in 1587 at Roanoke island and they ran low on food, and they faced many attacks from the American Indians!
Philadelphia was in the colony of Pennsylvania until it joined the United States of America as the second state on December 12, 1787. Philadelphia was in the colony of Pennsylvania until it joined the United States of America as the second state on December 12, 1787.