1. 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

2. The Thirteen Colonies
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3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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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