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1 13 English Colonies

2 New England Colonies Green Area Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
New Hampshire

3 Massachusetts (Bay) Puritans
Wanted to reform the Church of England & practice simpler worship Created a society based on Biblical beliefs John Winthrop: governor

4 Connecticut Thomas Hooker Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Believed Mass. government had too much power Helped write the…. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Acted as a constitution Allowed all white men to vote, not just those in the church Limited the governor’s power

5 Rhode Island Roger Williams Believed Mass. church had too much power
Thought church & state should be separate Was expelled from Mass. for his religious beliefs Allowed all white men to vote, not just those in the church Allowed freedom for Christians & Jews

6 New Hampshire John Mason
Acquired a land grant to found the colony of New Hampshire Named the colony after Hampshire, England where Mason was from New Hampshire was claimed as the upper province of Massachusetts until 1741 Though founded by Puritans the colony was established for manufacturing focusing on Ship Builders

7 Middle Colonies Purple Area New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware

8 New York Originally settled by the Dutch
Rivalry grew between Dutch & English Peter Stuyvesant Unpopular Dutch governor Surrendered to English English renamed New Netherlands as New York

9 New Jersey Originally part of NY
Separated because NY was too large to govern Great farmland

10 Pennsylvania William Penn & Quakers Pennsylvania
Believed all people equal Despised in England… why? Pennsylvania Provided religious freedom Supported fairness toward Native Americans Wouldn’t bow to king Bought land from Natives Allowed women to preach Anti war

11 Delaware Dutch West India Company Pennsylvania
Required by Dutch law to purchase land (unable to seize land) Eventually gives over land to English Pennsylvania William Penn purchases the land of Delaware Begins as province of Pennsylvania but eventually becomes its own colony Wouldn’t bow to king Bought land from Natives Allowed women to preach Anti war

12 Southern Colonies Pink Area Maryland North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia Virginia

13 Virginia An extension of Jamestown… Virginia Company of London
Riches to compete with…?

14 Maryland Sir George Calvert Maryland Englishman
Converted to Catholicism Maryland Governed by elected assembly Act of Toleration: allowed religious freedom for all Christians (Catholics & Protestants)

15 Carolinas Established for commercial reasons (to make $)
Plantation slavery Tobacco Rice Indigo

16 Georgia James Oglethorpe Georgia English soldier & reformer
Offered to pay for debtors & other poor people to move to Georgia Georgia Fresh start for poor English Buffer between New Spain & England

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