1. New England Colonies

2. New Hampshire
Date: 1620, 1638 Reason: Profit from fishing and trade, religious freedom Founder(s): John Mason, John Wheelright Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: Royal colony – England directly ruled

3. Massachusetts (Mass. Bay Colony)
Date: 1630 Reason: Religious freedom Founder(s): John Winthrop Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: Founded on Puritan beliefs

4. Rhode Island
Date: 1636 Reason: Religious freedom Founder(s): Roger Williams Colony Type: Charter Other Notes: Charter colony – colonists elected their own governor and legislature

5. Connecticut
Date: 1635 Reason: Religious freedom, profit from trade Founder(s): Thomas Hooker Colony Type: Charter Other Notes: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – first written constitution in America Constitution – plan of government

6. Middle Colonies

7. New York
Date: 1624 Reason: Expand trade Founder(s): Dutch settlers, Duke of York Colony Type: Proprietary, Royal Other Notes: Proprietary colony – individuals given land and free to rule

8. Pennsylvania
Date: 1682 Reason: Profit from selling land; religious freedom Founder(s): William Penn Colony Type: Proprietary Other Notes: “Holy Experiment” – chance to put Quaker ideals into practice Quakers (Society of Friends) – believed everyone was equal, were pacifists

9. New Jersey
Date: 1638 Reason: Profit from selling land Founder(s): John Berkeley, George Carteret Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: Promised freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative government

10. Delaware
Date: 1638 Reason: Expand trade Founder(s): Swedish settlers Colony Type: Proprietary Other Notes:

11. Southern Colonies

12. Maryland
Date: 1634 Reason: To sell land; religious freedom Founder(s): Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore) Colony Type: Proprietary Other Notes: Act of Toleration of 1649 – granted people the right to worship freely

13. Virginia
Date: 1607 Reason: Expand trade Founder(s): John Smith, Virginia Company Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: Indentured servants – Agreed to work 4-7 years in exchange for passage to America

14. North/South Carolina
Date: 1660s, 1670 Reason: Profit from trade and selling land Founder(s): Group of English aristocrats Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: Grew rice and indigo, demand for African slaves grows

15. Georgia
Date: 1733 Reason: Religious freedom; place for debtors Founder(s): James Oglethorpe Colony Type: Royal Other Notes: