1607 - The first successful English colony is established at Jamestown, in what would come to be known as Virginia. 1609 - Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for Holland, charters much of what will become New York City and the Hudson River Valley aboard his ship Halve Maen. 1620 - Plymouth Colony is established by Pilgrim settlers in Massachusetts. 1629 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is established by Puritan settlers. 1632 - The Province of Maryland is established. 1663 - The Province of Carolina is established, eventually dividing into North and South colonies by 1720.