1. Bell Ringers - Chapter 2 On page 67, who founded the “City on a Hill”?
How many people left England for America in the Great Migration?
What colony bought the colony of Maine?
What colony was once New Amsterdam but was renamed after being taken by the Duke of York?
What 2 colonies were owned by William Penn?
Capt. John Mason started the colony of_____.

2. Using ½ sheets of paper cut long-ways…
Stack up all 7 sheets.
Spread them out on top of each other leaving about a half inch of each sheet exposed.

3. Now fold it in half so that you have 14 pages (or tabs) and staple on the crease.
The title goes on the top page.
Each colony’s name goes on
the tiny tab sticking out
Information about the colony
goes above it

4. The Thirteen American Colonies
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

5. The 13 American Colonies

7. Massachusetts 1630 John Winthrop Puritans were run out of England
17 ships sailed with 900 Puritans
By 1643, 20,000 settlers had come to Mass.

8. Rhode Island
1644
Started by Puritans unhappy with Massachusetts – Anne Hutchison, Roger Williams
Newport, Warwick, Providence, and Portsmouth combined to form R.I.
Based on total separation of church and state

9. Connecticut 1636 Thomas Hooker
Frustrated with the political system of Mass., Hooker started his own colony
Hooker wanted every man to be able to vote
Defeated Pequot Indians in a war

10. New Hampshire 1679 Captain John Mason Split off from Massachusetts
Part of King Philip’s War
Indians wiped out and scattered

12. New York 1614 (Dutch) 1664 (English) Duke of York
Dutch bought Manhattan Island for $24 in trinkets
Dutch used island to smuggle goods to English colonies
Duke of York captured island with 4 warships without firing a shot

13. New Jersey
1664
Duke of York
Granted land to allies for helping conquer New York
Named in honor of Sir George Carter from the Isle of Jersey
Offered generous land grants, religious freedom, and the right to vote to attract settlers

14. Pennsylvania 1680 William Penn
King owed him massive $$. Penn was a Quaker – an outlawed religion
Land in America given instead of cash
Penn called his colony the “Holy Experiment”

15. Delaware
1682
William Penn
Penn became so wealthy from his Pennsylvania colony that he bought land from the Duke of York for his personal use
Named Delaware after the local Indians

17. Maryland 1632 Lord Baltimore Started as a refuge for Catholics
Most settlers were Protestant
Baltimore owned this proprietary colony and could rule it as he wished

18. Virginia 1606 Virginia Company
Jamestown established to make money. Land around it was named Virginia
Of 200 settlers arriving in 1608, 53 survived the first year
Tobacco later made it the wealthiest colony in America

19. North Carolina 1650’s Started by farmers moving into the area
Granted a charter to form a colony so they could export their crops better
No good harbor for ships kept colony small
Small, scattered population

20. South Carolina
1670
Settlers named colony Charles Town after King Charles
Planned to grow sugar cane for $$
Economy based on exports of deer skins and Indians as slaves
Slaves from west Africa introduced rice

21. Georgia 1720’s James Oglethorpe
Established as a refuge for the poor and to keep prisoners from England
Served as a buffer between English colonies and Spanish in Florida and Indians
Slavery originally outlawed