In 1419, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal began the period known as the "Age of Exploration." The major European superpowers, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, and England, all competed to colonize unknown territories. Samuel de Champlain colonized along the St. Lawrence River in 1608, Henry Hudson of Holland founded Albany in 1609, and Spain established colonies in Mexico and Mesoamerica. In 1607, England established its first colony in North America around the Chesapeake Bay, and nearly a decade later established a second colony in what is now New England. Both New England and the Chesapeake were settled by the English around the same time; however, both colonies developed different economies, governments, and many other ways of life. In 1607, King James I granted a charter to the Virginia Company that allowed them to start a colony in the New World. This colony was named Virginia in honor of the virgin queen, Queen Elizabeth I, and was located along the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Company attempted to build a permanent settlement and succeeded in founding Jamestown. Virginia was also home to nearly 14,000 Algonquin-speaking Native Americans who were united under the Powhatan Confederacy led by Chief Powhattan. Other Chesapeake Bay colonies include North Carolina, whose population became dominant among African Americans with large numbers of settlers from Barbados and Maryland. Maryland was founded by the Calvert family after King Charles I granted the family 10 million acres of land. Maryland became the only British colony to ever have a Catholic minority, and Maryland's population also consisted of indentured servants, slaves, and many farmers. The Chesapeake Bay was a very hot and... center of the map... area for the English. This war was called the Pequot War and was as deadly as the Powhatan-Indian War. The Chesapeake Bay Colonies and the New England Colonies were both colonized by the English, but both regions were very different from each other. Anglo-Native American relations remained tense since the arrival of the English, and the outcome of the war was the same: the English won, the Indians lost. The Chesapeake and New England were both influenced by geographic differences and led to a difference in economic values ​​and governments. The Chesapeake and New England were both founded for different reasons: to expand an empire and move away from religious persecution. The British Overseas Empire was the most dominant in the world, and although the colonies were all "British", they are very different from each other.