1. American Colonies
USI 5a

2. Roanoke Island
Known as the “Lost Colony”
Economic Venture

3. Jamestown
First permanent English settlement
Economic venture

4. Plymouth Massachusetts Separatists from the Church of England
Wanted to avoid religious persecution

5. Massachusetts Bay Colony
Settled by Puritans
Wanted to avoid religious persecution

6. Pennsylvania Settled by the Quakers
Wanted to practice their faith without interference

7. Georgia Settled by people from debtor’s prison
Wanted to experience new life and have economic freedom