Australia was first settled as a penal colony, housing the excess convicts from England. However, this was not its only purpose. It was set up to become its own self-sufficient colony as the British wanted a strong presence in the Pacific. The continent also provided the British Empire with natural resources.
The first English colony in North America was Roanoke, the settlers arrived in July 1584.Roanoke (in present-day North Carolina) was the first colony, but it was a dismal failure. The colonist disappeared without explanation and it came to be known as "The Lost Colony". About 20 years later Jamestown was established.
If you count Roanoke as the first colony, then, it would be Jamestown. If you count Jamestown as the first, then it would be Plymouth.
The Roanoke Colony
1607
it was a Proprietary and a Royal Colony. -Clitorisandra
Maryland
it was Maryland it was formd in 1634
Maryland was the first proprietary colony founded in the New World. The charter for the colony was granted by the King, but in reality the Lord Proprietor had complete authority to administer the colony as he saw fit.
well.... if you are talking about the 13 first colonies it was a part of the England.
1632:>
The charter for the Maryland colony was granted to the 2nd Baron Baltimore on 20 June 1632. Maryland Day is 25 March, commemorating the arrival of the first settlers in the colony in 1634.
Connecticut was first a proprietary colony, then finally succeeded in a Royal Charter under John Winthrop Jr. in 1662.
propitary new Netherlands was proprietary NY was royal
Maryland was the first colony to promote religious tolerance.
The first govenor of Maryland AS A COLONY was Leanord Calvert.
St. MaryÕs City is the first colonial settlement and city in the colony of Maryland. It was also the colony of MarylandÕs capital.