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

2. 1607 Virginia Southern Region Anglican(Church of England) and Baptist
Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco & Sugar
Founded by the London Company

3. 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

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

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

6. 1626 New york
Middle Region
Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish, and others
Agriculture, iron ore products and trade
Founder Dutch explorer Hudson 1609

7. 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.

8. 1633 Maryland Southern Region Catholics, Anglicans and Baptists
Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco & Sugar
Founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore to help persecuted Catholics of England

9. 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.

10. 1636 rhode island New England Region
Puritans who practiced religious freedom
Ship building, rum exports
Founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

11. 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.

12. 1636 Connecticut New England Region Puritan Ship building, rum exports
Founded by Thomas Hooker for economic and religious freedom

13. 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

14. 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

15. 1638 delaware Middle Region
Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jewish and others
Agriculture, and iron ore products
Founded by Peter Minuit

16. 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

17. 1653 North carolina 1663 south carolina
Southern Region
Anglican and Baptist
Agriculture, Plantations, Tobacco Rice & Sugar
Founded by English Nobles as business venture

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 1732 georgia Southern Region Anglican and Baptist Agriculture
Founded by James Oglethorpe for the poor and unfortunate in debtors prison in England

23. 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