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Massachusetts Year Founded 1620 (Plymouth) 1630 (Mass Bay) Reason Religious Freedom Other Info Founders of Plymouth set out their government in the Mayflower Compact
New Hampshire Year Founded 1620 Reason Trade and Fishing Other Info
Rhode Island Year Founded 1636 Reason Religious Freedom Other Info
New York Year Founded 1624 Reason Trade Other Info Was once a Dutch colony
Pennsylvania Year Founded 1682 Reason Religious Freedom Other Info
Trade, Religious Freedom, and Political Freedom Connecticut Year Founded 1635 Reason Trade, Religious Freedom, and Political Freedom Other Info The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written constitution in America
Profit from selling land New Jersey Year Founded 1638 Reason Profit from selling land Other Info
Delaware Year Founded 1638 Reason Trade Other Info
Maryland Year Founded 1634 Reason Religious Freedom Other Info
Virginia Year Founded 1607 Reason Trade Other Info First successful British colony in North America
North Carolina Year Founded 1660 Reason Trade Other Info
South Carolina Year Founded 1670 Reason Trade Other Info
Religious Freedom, buffer zone between Spain, place for debtors Georgia Year Founded 1733 Reason Religious Freedom, buffer zone between Spain, place for debtors Other Info