Number your paper 1-13 and write the colony name by the correct number. 12 1 9 11 7 5 13 3 6 4 2 8 10

The Thirteen Colonies Chart

Massachusetts Major Settlement #1 - Plymouth Region – New England Date – 1620 Leader(s) – William Bradford and Pilgrims Reason(s) settled – Religious freedom; English identity Notable facts – Mayflower Compact; first Thanksgiving

Great Migration—mass movement of the English in the 1630s NEW ENGLAND WAY Duty, godliness, hard work, honesty, and moderation in all things. Depended on education—everyone had to be able to read the Bible Each congregation set up its own town

Massachusetts (cont’d) Major Settlement #2 – Boston Region – New England Date – 1630 Leader(s) – John Winthrop and Puritans Reasons settled – Establish perfect society based on Puritan ideals Notable facts – Covenant with God; control by male church members; Commonwealth-work together for the good of the whole

New Hampshire Major Settlement – Portsmouth Region – New England Date – 1623 Leader(s) – John Mason and Puritans Reasons settled – Opposed harsh Mass. government; land Notable facts – Settlers signed the “Exeter Compact” patterned after Mayflower Compact

Rhode Island Major Settlement - Providence Region – New England Date – 1636 Leader(s) – Roger Williams Reasons settled – Religious freedom; banished from Mass. Notable facts – Refuge for people seeking freedom of religion; separation of church and state; Anne Hutchinson; dissenter—someone who goes against accepted views

Connecticut Major Settlement - Hartford Region – New England Date – 1636 Leader(s) – Thomas Hooker and Puritans Reasons settled – Religious and economic freedom; land Notable facts – Hooker banished from Mass. for advocating women’s rights; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut-first written constitution

New York Major Settlement – New York Region – Middle Date – 1664 Leader(s) – Peter Stuyvesant Reasons settled – Trade with the Indians; land Notable facts – Founded as New Netherland; Manhattan Island bought from local Indians; Jewish settlers arrived in 1654; English King Charles II gives it to his brother the Duke of York; first pluralistic society

New Jersey Major Settlement - Newark Region – Middle Date – 1664 Leader(s) – Lord John Berkley and George Carteret Reasons settled – Trade with the Indians; land; Quaker ideals Notable facts – Promised large land grants, freedom of religion and a representative assembly; originally part of New Netherland

Pennsylvania Major Settlement – Philadelphia Region – Middle Date – 1682 Leader(s) – William Penn Reasons settled – Quaker ideals Notable facts – Given to Penn to pay debt owed by King Charles; fertile land – one of the wealthiest colonies; religious toleration, civil liberties, pacifism, social and gender equality, and elected representation; open door to the world

Delaware Major Settlement – Dover Region – Middle Date – 1682 Leader(s) – William Penn Reasons settled – Trade with the Indians; land Notable facts – Originally founded in 1631 as New Sweden; first log cabins; taken over by Dutch, then English

Virginia Major Settlement – Jamestown Region – Southern Date – 1607 Leader(s) – John Smith Reasons settled – Personal and commercial profit Notable facts – 1st successful English colony; tobacco farming; headrights to attract new settlers; House of Burgesses

Maryland Major Settlement – Baltimore Region – Southern Date – 1634 Leader(s) – George Calvert (aka Lord Baltimore) Reasons settled – Refuge for Catholics Notable facts – Religious toleration for Protestants and Catholics; producer of tobacco

North Carolina Major Settlement – Wilmington Region – Southern Date – 1663 Leader(s) – 8 proprietors Reasons settled – land; trade Notable facts – Originally part of larger colony named Carolina; named for King Charles; settlements far apart – little contact; major tobacco producer

South Carolina Major Settlement – Charleston Region – Southern Date – 1663 Leader(s) – 8 proprietors Reasons settled – land; trade Notable facts – Originally part of larger colony named Carolina; named for King Charles; rich rice growing area; cutting timber, raising cattle and trading deerskins

Georgia Major Settlement – Savannah Region – Southern Date – 1733 Leader(s) – James Oglethorpe Reasons settled – Help poor debtors; protect S. Carolina Notable facts – Military outpost and buffer against Spanish Florida; debtors regained economic freedom; restrictions on African Americans-size of plantations kept colony small

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