1. The 13 Original Colonies
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3. Massachusetts Year Founded 1620 (Plymouth) 1630 (Mass Bay) Reason
Religious Freedom
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Founders of Plymouth set out their government in the Mayflower Compact

4. New Hampshire
Year Founded
1620
Reason
Trade and Fishing
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5. Rhode Island
Year Founded
1636
Reason
Religious Freedom
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6. New York Year Founded 1624 Reason Trade Other Info
Was once a Dutch colony

7. Pennsylvania
Year Founded
1682
Reason
Religious Freedom
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8. Trade, Religious Freedom, and Political Freedom
Connecticut
Year Founded
1635
Reason
Trade, Religious Freedom, and Political Freedom
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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written constitution in America

9. Profit from selling land
New Jersey
Year Founded
1638
Reason
Profit from selling land
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10. Delaware
Year Founded
1638
Reason
Trade
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11. Maryland
Year Founded
1634
Reason
Religious Freedom
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12. Virginia Year Founded 1607 Reason Trade Other Info
First successful British colony in North America

13. North Carolina
Year Founded
1660
Reason
Trade
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14. South Carolina
Year Founded
1670
Reason
Trade
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15. Religious Freedom, buffer zone between Spain, place for debtors
Georgia
Year Founded
1733
Reason
Religious Freedom, buffer zone between Spain, place for debtors
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