England plants settlements in the New World 13 Colonies England plants settlements in the New World

1607 Virginia Southern Region Anglican(Church of England) and Baptist Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco & Sugar Founded by the London Company

Famous People/events Jamestown 1st permanent settlement mostly males (indentured servants and gold hunters) 60/900 colonists survived Ruled by John Smith Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Nathaniel Bacon

Massachusetts 1620 Plymouth 1630 Massachusetts Bay New England Region Puritans Ship building, Rum exports Religious freedom to practice their own

Famous People/events Pilgrims (Plymouth) 1st Thanksgiving Mayflower Compact Puritans “City Upon A Hill” John Winthrop and Squanto

1626 New york Middle Region Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish, and others Agriculture, iron ore products and trade Founder Dutch explorer Hudson 1609

Famous pe0ple/events Manhattan Indians supposedly exchanged it for $24 of wampum Duke of York was given it by Charles II. The English took over in 1664 and renamed it New York.

1633 Maryland Southern Region Catholics, Anglicans and Baptists Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco & Sugar Founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore to help persecuted Catholics of England

Famous people /events George Calvert believed all people should have religious freedom. In 1649, the Toleration Act was passed that guaranteed equality of rights for everyone for religion.

1636 rhode island New England Region Puritans who practiced religious freedom Ship building, rum exports Founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

Famous people/events Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson spoke out against the Puritans strictness and were asked to leave Massachusetts. They went to this area to settle and provide religious choice. Williams settles in Providence. Hutchinson settles in Portsmouth. Religious choice based on separation of church and state has its beginning here. Fair treatment of Native Americans was also encouraged.

1636 Connecticut New England Region Puritan Ship building, rum exports Founded by Thomas Hooker for economic and religious freedom

Famous people/events Hooker and his followers were asked to leave Massachusetts Home of the first written constitution in the colonies. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

1638 new hampshire New England Region Puritan Ship building and rum exports Founded by John Mason for economic and religious freedom from harsh Puritans of Massachusetts

1638 delaware Middle Region Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish and others Agriculture, and iron ore products Founded by Peter Minuit

Famous People/Events In 1682, the Duke of York granted William Penn this land. It became a colony in 1704. Many Swedes will settle here and bring the log cabin to America

1653 North carolina 1663 south carolina Southern Region Anglican and Baptist Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco Rice & Sugar Founded by English Nobles as business venture

Famous people/events Bad politics forced a split of the colony into North and South. North Carolina settled by people from Virginia South Carolina settled by French, English, and Irish South Carolina had large rice and indigo plantations that will give her the largest slave population in the colonies Charleston will be a major port city

1664 new Jersey Middle Region Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish and others Agriculture and iron ore products Founded by Lord Berkeley, George Cateret Established by Sweden became English

1682 pennsylvania Middle Region Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish and others Agriculture and iron ore products Founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers but tolerant of all religions

Famous people/events King Charles was in debt to Penn’s father Home of Philadelphia, the first planned city of the colonies Quakers were pacifists and believed in equality and love of others

1732 georgia Southern Region Anglican and Baptist Agriculture Founded by James Oglethorpe for the poor and unfortunate in debtors prison in England

famous people/events Spanish settlements taken by English Debtors and convicts protect colonies from Spanish and French invasions Slow economic growth farmed, harvested lumber and traded furs Initially run as military colony with small farms and no slaves