Historic Events of America's 13 Colonies Jamestown, Virginia is Founded The Starving Time Nearly Wiped Out America's First Colony The Early American Slave Trade Massachusetts is Founded The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving Charles Town is Founded in Carolina Pennsylvania is Founded by William Penn The Salem Witch Trials Pirates Cause Trouble Off the Coast of Carolina Carolina Territory is Divided into North and South Carolina America's First Circulating Library Was Created The Colony of Georgia is Founded by James Oglethorpe Benjamin Franklin's Bifocals