The 5 W’s of the 13 Colonies Your Name Pd. 4 Rm. 705

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Virginia Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Where did the settlers come from? When was it founded: Why was it founded:

Virginia Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Virginia Company What did they do to make a living? Profit from trade and farming Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1607 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay Colony Who founded it: Separatists & Puritans What did they do to make a living? Small farms, trade, whaling, shipping Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1620 (Plymouth) & 1629 (Mass. Bay Colony) Why was it founded: Religious freedom

New Hampshire Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Where did the settlers come from? When was it founded: Why was it founded:

New Hampshire Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Settlers from Massachusetts Bay Colony What did they do to make a living? Trading, fishing, small farms Where did the settlers come from? MBC When was it founded: 1623 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

Maryland Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Lord Baltimore What did they do to make a living? Trading, cash crops (tobacco) Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1632 Why was it founded: Religious freedom

Connecticut Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Thomas Hooker What did they do to make a living? Small farms, fishing, whaling Where did the settlers come from? Massachusetts Bay Colony When was it founded: 1636 Why was it founded: Religious and political freedom

Rhode Island Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Roger Williams What did they do to make a living? Small farms, fishing, whaling Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1636 Why was it founded: Religious and political freedom

New York Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? (1st) Dutch (2nd) Duke of York What did they do to make a living? Trading Where did the settlers come from? Netherlands then England When was it founded: 1664 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

New Jersey Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? Sir Carteret and Lord Berkeley What did they do to make a living? Trading, cash crops (pigs! Cows!) Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1664 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

Pennsylvania Where did the settlers come from? Who founded it: William Penn What did they do to make a living? Cash crops (wheat/corn), livestock, agriculture Where did the settlers come from? Quakers, Germans, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, (basically anyone who wants to come) When was it founded: 1681 Why was it founded: Religious freedom for Quakers

Delaware Where did the settlers come from? Who founded it: Taken over by the English What did they do to make a living? Livestock, cash crops, lumber, iron ore Where did the settlers come from? Started as part of Pennsylvania When was it founded: 1701 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

The Carolinas Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? North: Poor farmers South: Rich nobles What did they do to make a living? Agriculture, Tobacco Where did the settlers come from? England When was it founded: 1712 (became two colonies) Why was it founded: Economic opportunities

Georgia Who founded it: What did they do to make a living? James Oglethorpe What did they do to make a living? Agriculture, Tobacco Where did the settlers come from? England – (Georgia was a place for debtors To work off their debt) When was it founded: 1732 Why was it founded: Economic opportunities