1. Massachusetts
Founded: 1620
Capital City: Boston
1750 Population: 188,000 (4,000 blacks)
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2. New Hampshire
Founded: 1623
Capital City: Concord
1750 Population: 27,500 (550 blacks)
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3. New York
Founded: 1664
Capital City: Albany
1750 Population: 77,000 (11,000 blacks)
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4. Rhode Island
Founded: 1636
Capital City: Providence
Founded: 1750
Population: 33,000 (3,400 blacks)
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5. Connecticut
Founded: 1635
Capital City: Hartford
1750 Population: 111,000 (3,000 blacks)
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6. Pennsylvania Founded: 1682 Major City: Philadelphia
1750 Population: 120,000 (3,000 blacks)
Economy: Mixed Industrial and agricultural
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Founded by Quakers fleeing religious persecution
Granted freedom of religion granted to all monotheistic faiths.
Government positions originally open to all Christians (Protestant or Catholic.)
Home to the first hospital in the colonies
Had friendlier contact with Native Americans than most other colonies.
Only colony not bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Surprisingly, still well-known for ship building.
Also successful in other industries such as textiles, iron mining, printing and lumber.
Main crops: wheat and corn
Fastest growing population among the colonies.
Limited slavery by restricting imports.

7. New Jersey
Founded: 1664
Capital City: Trenton
1750 Population: 71,000 (5,000 blacks)
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8. Delaware
Founded: 1638
Capital City: Dover
Founded: 1750 Population: 29,000 (1,500 blacks)
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9. Maryland
Founded: 1634
Capital City: Baltimore
1750 Population: 141,000 (43,000 blacks)
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10. Virginia
Founded: 1607
Capital City: Richmond
1750 Population: 231,000 (101,000 blacks)
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11. North Carolina
Founded: 1653
Capital City: Raleigh
Founded: 1750
Population: 73,000 (20,000 blacks)
Economy:
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12. South Carolina
Founded: 1663
Capital City: Columbia
Founded: 1750 Population: 64,000 (39,000 blacks)
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13. Georgia Founded: 1732 Capital City: ?
Founded: 1750 Population: 5,200 (1,000 blacks)
Economy: Agricultural
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Warm climate all year round made it possible to grow crops throughout the year.
Main crops were rice, indigo, and sugar.
Earned money exporting these crops to the other colonies.
Southernmost colony providing a military buffer between Spanish Florida and the other colonies.
Accepted most different Protestant groups (Puritans, Lutherans, etc.) but not Catholics, making it one of the most religiously diverse colonies.
At first outlawed slavery so more poor farmers could have a chance to compete with rich plantation owners.
Slavery was eventually legalized which greatly increased the farm production in the colony.

14. Population source: .htm via 1998 world almanac book of facts via the us census _thirteen_colonies_free_slave_white_and_nonwhit e.html via Historical Statistics of the US