1. The New England Colonies:
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire

2. Massachusetts Bay Colony Date Founded: Founded By: John Winthrop & John Endicott Location: New England Reasons Founded: so the Puritans could make $, AND practice their religion purely Economy: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, trading, fur trade, lumber

3. Rhode Island Colony
Date Founded:
Founded By: Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson
Location: New England
Reasons Founded: they wanted church/government separate; believed in freedom of religion
Economy: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, trading, fur trade, lumber

4. Connecticut Colony Date Founded: Founded By: Thomas Hooker Location: New England Reasons Founded: in search of better farmland, religious freedom Economy: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, trading, fur trade, lumber, berries

5. New Hampshire Colony
Date Founded:
Founded By: David Thompson
Location: New England
Reasons Founded: better farmland, greater economic opportunity
Economy: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, trading, fur trade, lumber, molasses,

6. The Mid Atlantic Colonies:
New York&
New Jersey
Pennsylvania&
Delaware

7. New York & New Jersey
Dates Founded: NY( ) NJ( 1664 )
Founded By: James, Duke of York
Location: Mid Atlantic
Reasons Founded: The English wanted to add to their empire (they were greedy). King said if James could take it from the Dutch, he could have it.
Economy: corn, wheat, rye, lumber, fur trade (breadbasket colonies)

8. Delaware & Pennsylvania
Dates Founded: D( 1638) Penn( 1681 )
Founded By: William Penn
Location: Mid Atlantic
Reasons Founded: The English King granted Penn the land, because the King owed $ to Penn’s father.
Economy: corn, wheat, rye, lumber, fur trade (breadbasket colonies)

9. The Southern Colonies:
Maryland
Georgia
Virginia
North & South Carolina

10. Virginia
Dates Founded:
*Jamestown was the FIRST PERMANENT English colony in America.
Founded By: John Smith & Sir Walter Raleigh
Location: Southern
Reasons Founded: religion (God), trade/resources (gold), larger empire (glory)
Economy: livestock (cattle), indigo, tobacco, cotton, rice

11. Maryland (named after queen Mary)
Dates Founded:
Founded By: The Calverts
Location: Southern
Reasons Founded: freedom of religion, especially Catholics
Economy: livestock (cattle), indigo, tobacco, cotton, rice, fur trade

12. North & South Carolina
Dates Founded: N(1663) S(1712 )
Founded By: King Charles II and The Lord’s Proprietors
Location: Southern
Reasons Founded: to make $$ for the king
Economy: livestock (cattle), indigo, tobacco, cotton, rice, grapes, corn
*Charleston was a major South Carolina City

13. Georgia
Dates Founded: 1733
Founded By: James Oglethorpe
Location: Southern
Reasons Founded: he wanted to help debtors get out of jail in England. The worked Georgia farms instead of prison.
Economy: tobacco**, cotton, rice, (corn), livestock, peaches, slave trade