Chesapeake Colonies

1721 map of the Chesapeake region

The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.

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The Thirteen Colonies of Colonial America

New England Colonies Middle Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Southern Colonies

Connecticut Colony Delaware Colony Province of Georgia Province of Maryland Province of Massachusetts Bay Province of New Hampshire Province of New Jersey Province of New York Province of North Carolina Province of Pennsylvania Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Province of South Carolina Colony of Virginia

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Chesapeake Colonies

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