2. King James I  Elizabeth I dies in 1603 and James I becomes king  Noted for his commissioning the King James Bible  James charters the London Virginia Company to colonize North America

3. Jamestown, Virginia  Jamestown was founded in 1607  First successful British colony in North America

4. Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay  1620: The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower, seeking religious freedom  Only half the 102 colonists survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621

6. The Thirteen Colonies  New England Colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island  Middle Colonies: New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania  Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

7. The Original Ivy League  The Original Ivy League were the nine colonial colleges chartered by Great Britain:  New College (Harvard University), 1636  The College of William and Mary, 1693  Collegiate School (Yale University), 1701  Academy of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania), 1740  College of New Jersey (Princeton University), 1746  King’s College (Columbia University), 1754  Rhode Island College (Brown University), 1764  Queen’s College (Rutgers University), 1766  Dartmouth College, 1769  They are the oldest universities in the United States and some of the finest in the world