title: Popham Colony
Restoration colony
Richard Hakluyt
Former colonies and territories in Canada
Colonial history of the United States
Ferdinando Gorges
Languages of North America
George Popham
Chief Masconomet
British America
sentences: The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America that was founded in 1607 and located in the present-day town of Phippsburg, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River by the proprietary Virginia Company of Plymouth.
 It was founded a few months after its more successful rival, the colony at Jamestown, which was established on May 4, 1607, by the Virginia Company of London in present-day James City County, Virginia.
A restoration colony was one of a number of land grants in North America given by King Charles II of England in the later half of the 17th century, ostensibly as a reward to his supporters in the Stuart Restoration.
 The grants marked the resumption of English colonization of the Americas after a 30-year hiatus.
 The two major restoration colonies were the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of Carolina.
 The founding of the Carolinas is described thusly:
Richard Hakluyt ( , , or ; 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer.
 He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably "Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America" (1582) and "The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation" (1589–1600).
A number of states and polities formerly claimed colonies and territories in Canada prior to the evolution of the current provinces and territories under the federal system.
 North America prior to colonization was occupied by a variety of Aboriginal polities of different complextions, from small independent band societies typical of the sparsely populated North, to loose confederacies made up of numerous hunting bands from a variety of ethnic groups (Plains region), to more structured confederacies of sedentary farming villages (Great Lakes region), to stratified hereditary structures centred on a fishing economy (Plateau and Pacific Coast regions).
 The colonization of Canada by Europeans began in the 10th century, when Norsemen explored and, ultimately unsuccessfully, attempted to settle areas of the northeastern fringes of North America.
 Early permanent European settlements in what is now Canada included the late 16th and 17th century French colonies of Acadia and Canada (New France), the English colonies of Newfoundland (island) and Rupert's Land, the Scottish colonies of Nova Scotia and Port Royal.
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European settlements from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the "United States of America" in 1776.
 In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America.
 Small early attempts sometimes disappeared, such as the English Lost Colony of Roanoke.
 Everywhere, the death rate was very high among the first arrivals.
 Nevertheless, successful colonies were established within several decades.
Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565-1568?
 – May 24, 1647) was a naval and military commander and governor of the important port of Plymouth in England.
 He was involved in Essex's Rebellion against the Queen, but escaped punishment by testifying against the main conspirators.
 His early involvement in English trade with and settlement of North America as well as his efforts in founding the Province of Maine in 1622 earned him the title of the "Father of English Colonization in North America," even though Gorges himself never set foot in the New World.
The languages of North America reflect not only that continent's indigenous peoples, but the European colonization as well.
 The most widely spoken languages in North America (which includes Central America and the Caribbean islands) are English, Spanish, French, and, especially in the Caribbean, creole languages lexified by them.
George Popham (1550–1608) was a pioneering colonist from Maine, born in the southwestern regions of England.
 He was an associate of English Colonizer Sir Ferdinando Gorges in a colonization scheme for a part of Maine.
Masconomet, spelled many different ways in colonial deeds, was "sagamore" or chief of the Agawam tribe among the Algonquian peoples during the time of the English colonization of the Americas.
 He is known for his quitclaim deed ceding all the tribal land, which extended from Cape Ann to the Merrimack River, as far inland as North Andover, Massachusetts and Middleton, Massachusetts, and as far to the southwest as the Danvers River, to John Winthrop the Younger, his heirs and all the settlers of eastern Essex County for a sum of 20 pounds, about 100 dollars.
English America (later British America) refers to the English territories in North America (including Bermuda), Central America, the Caribbean, and Guyana from 1607 to 1783.
 Formally, the British colonies in North America were known as "British America and the British West Indies" until 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard declared their independence and formed the United States of America.
 After that, the term British North America was used to describe the remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions.
 That term was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report.

Question: Question: Which associate of George Popham was known as, the "Father of English Colonization in North America,"?  

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 The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America that was founded in 1607 and located in the present-day town of Phippsburg, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River by the proprietary Virginia Company of Plymouth.
 It was founded a few months after its more successful rival, the colony at Jamestown, which was established on May 4, 1607, by the Virginia Company of London in present-day James City County, Virginia. 

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 A restoration colony was one of a number of land grants in North America given by King Charles II of England in the later half of the 17th century, ostensibly as a reward to his supporters in the Stuart Restoration.
 The grants marked the resumption of English colonization of the Americas after a 30-year hiatus.
 The two major restoration colonies were the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of Carolina.
 The founding of the Carolinas is described thusly: 

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 A number of states and polities formerly claimed colonies and territories in Canada prior to the evolution of the current provinces and territories under the federal system.
 North America prior to colonization was occupied by a variety of Aboriginal polities of different complextions, from small independent band societies typical of the sparsely populated North, to loose confederacies made up of numerous hunting bands from a variety of ethnic groups (Plains region), to more structured confederacies of sedentary farming villages (Great Lakes region), to stratified hereditary structures centred on a fishing economy (Plateau and Pacific Coast regions).
 The colonization of Canada by Europeans began in the 10th century, when Norsemen explored and, ultimately unsuccessfully, attempted to settle areas of the northeastern fringes of North America.
 Early permanent European settlements in what is now Canada included the late 16th and 17th century French colonies of Acadia and Canada (New France), the English colonies of Newfoundland (island) and Rupert's Land, the Scottish colonies of Nova Scotia and Port Royal. 

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 The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European settlements from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the "United States of America" in 1776.
 In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America.
 Small early attempts sometimes disappeared, such as the English Lost Colony of Roanoke.
 Everywhere, the death rate was very high among the first arrivals.
 Nevertheless, successful colonies were established within several decades. 

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 Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565-1568?
 – May 24, 1647) was a naval and military commander and governor of the important port of Plymouth in England.
 He was involved in Essex's Rebellion against the Queen, but escaped punishment by testifying against the main conspirators.
 His early involvement in English trade with and settlement of North America as well as his efforts in founding the Province of Maine in 1622 earned him the title of the "Father of English Colonization in North America," even though Gorges himself never set foot in the New World. 

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 George Popham (1550–1608) was a pioneering colonist from Maine, born in the southwestern regions of England.
 He was an associate of English Colonizer Sir Ferdinando Gorges in a colonization scheme for a part of Maine. 

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 Masconomet, spelled many different ways in colonial deeds, was "sagamore" or chief of the Agawam tribe among the Algonquian peoples during the time of the English colonization of the Americas.
 He is known for his quitclaim deed ceding all the tribal land, which extended from Cape Ann to the Merrimack River, as far inland as North Andover, Massachusetts and Middleton, Massachusetts, and as far to the southwest as the Danvers River, to John Winthrop the Younger, his heirs and all the settlers of eastern Essex County for a sum of 20 pounds, about 100 dollars. 

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 English America (later British America) refers to the English territories in North America (including Bermuda), Central America, the Caribbean, and Guyana from 1607 to 1783.
 Formally, the British colonies in North America were known as "British America and the British West Indies" until 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard declared their independence and formed the United States of America.
 After that, the term British North America was used to describe the remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions.
 That term was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. 

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Answer: Sir Ferdinando Gorges