1. 13 Colonies Founders, Reasons, People

2. Rhode Island Founded By: Roger Williams Reasons: Religious Freedom/believed government should not force people to worship in a certain way first place ALL people could worship freely People: Puritans

3. Connecticut Founded: Thomas Hooker Reasons: Religious Freedom run from Puritan leaders/better farm land/ people had the right to make decisions in religion and government People: Puritans

4. Massachusetts Founded: 1630 John Winthrop/ Massachusetts Bay Colony Reasons: Religious Freedom/escape persecution in England/ Although they wanted religious freedom they persecuted people who did not believe like them People: Puritans

5. New Hampshire Founded: 1679 John Wheelwright Two Proprietors Reasons: Farming/Mass was getting too crowded /believed like Williams People: Settlers

6. New York Founded: Dutch claimed the Duke of York/West India Company Reasons: fur trade/good seaport/access to Hudson People: Dutchmen the Englishmen

7. New Jersey Founded: George Carteret and John Berkeley Reasons: Farming and trade/Duke of New York divided his colony/freedom of Religion People: English and Quakers/diverse population

8. Pennsylvania Founded: William Penn Reason: Religious freedom for Quakers People: Quakers/ Pennsylvania/ Dutch, English, German, Welsh

9. Delaware Founded: Swedes then Penn Reason: More land and River access/Formed from Pennsylvania People: Swedes Quakers

10. Virginia Founded: Sir Walter Raleigh/Virginia Company Reason: wealth People: English later many African slaves and Indentured servants

11. Carolinas Founded: 8 Lord Proprietors Reasons: wealth and farming People: English planters from the Caribbean African Slaves

12. Maryland Founded: George Calvert Lord Baltimore Reasons: Religious freedom safe place for Catholics People: English Catholics

13. Georgia Founded: 1733 James Oglethorpe Reasons: Refuge for debtors and protection from Spain/last British Colony People: English debtors and poor