The following important facts in the history of the settlement and progress of the United States will be found interesting, and may save the readers of Inquire Within, as much time as they cost the compiler.

1607 Virginia first settled by the English.

1614 New York first settled by the Dutch

1620 Massachusetts settled by the Puritans

1623 New Hampshire settled by the Puritans.

1624 New Jersey settled by the Dutch.

1627 Delaware settled by Danes and Swedes.

1635 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.

1635 Connecticut settled by the puritans.

1636 Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams.

1650 North Carolina settled by the English.

1670 South Carolina settled by the Huguenots.

1682 Pennsylvania settled by William Penn.

1788 Georgia settled by Gen. Ogle thorpe.

1791 Vermont admitted into the Unionu.

1792 Kentucky admitted into the Union.

1796 Tennessee admitted into the Union

1802 Ohio admitted into the Union.

1811 Louisiana admitted into the Union

1816 Indiana admitted into the Union.

1817 Mississippi admitted into the Union.

1818 Illinois admitted into the Union.

1819 Alabama admitted into the Union

1820 Maine admitted into the Union

1821 Missouri admitted into the Union.

1836 Michigan admitted into the Union

1836 Arkansas admitted into the Union

1845 Florida admitted into the Union.

1845 Texas admitted into the Union

1846 Iowa admitted into the Union.

1848 Wisconsin admitted into the Union

1850 California admitted into the Union