1. Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?
Colonial America
Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?

2. Reason for colonizing
Religious
Economic

3. Breakdown of Colonies
The colonies and their specific reasons for being established.

4. Economic Colonies Roanoke Island (Lost colony)
Jamestown Settlement (1607) first permanent settlement.
Georgia: Settled by colonists bound for debtors prison who hoped to experience a new life in the New World.

5. Religious Colonies
Plymouth colony settled by separatists of the church of England escaping religious persecution.
Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for the same reason.
Pennsylvania settled by the Quakers.