1. 13 Colonies foldable
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2. New England Colonies – color gray
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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3. Massachusetts - 1620 Founder: – John Winthrop
Purpose: Religious Freedom, Separating from the Church of England (S e p a r a t i s t s)
Government: Mayflower Compact (a social contract)
Economy: Fishing, whaling, lumber
Royal Colony
Significant events: Great Migration

4. New Hampshire 1622 Founders: John Mason-NH
Sir Ferdinando Gorges-Main 1647
Religion: Not significant
Economy: Trading
Royal - Taken by the crown in 1680
Significance: Was Maine and NH split it between the men

5. Connecticut - 1636 Founder: Thomas Hooker Religion: Puritans
Economy: Fishing, whaling, and ship building. Planting was hard but they did have pumpkins, squash, ect
Government: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (FoC)
Significant: Pequot War and the King Philips War with the Wampanoag

6. Rhode Island
Founders: Roger Williams (Providence), Anne Hutchinson (Portsmouth)
Government: Separation of church and state, tolerance for Quakers, Jews, any persecuted
Economy: Merchants, fishing, craftsmen
Significant: Religious freedom, Pure democracy

7. Middle Colonies – “Breadbasket”
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New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
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8. New Jersey - 1665 Founders: Lord John Berkley & George Carteret
(Duke of York had too much land to handle)
Economy: Staple crops (wheat, barley, oats), furs
Geography – good climate, rich land
Reasons Founded: Freedom; Quakers
Charter, then Royal - Crown run by 1702
Significant: Was part of NY first proprietary colony

9. New York - 1634 (Dutch), 1644 (English)
Founders: Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit
Expand Trade; taken by England in 1644
Economy: furs, trade,
Reason founded: Religious Freedom – diverse!
Royal Colony
GeographyDutch/New Amesterdam

10. Pennsylvania - 1681 Founder: William Penn
Reason: A home for the Quakers (pacifists)
Religion: Quaker, but tolerant of others
Proprietary Colony
Penn – sylvania (Dutch)
Wood land

11. Delaware - 1638 Founders: Swedish/Dutch/York/Penn
Economy: Breadbasket colony – grew many crops, esp. wheat
Founded: To Expand trade
Religion: Not Significant
Proprietary Colony – New Sweden Company

12. Southern Colonies – color red
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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13. Maryland - 1632 Founder: Cecil Calvert
Reason: Religious Freedom, Tolerant to Trinitarian Christians, Catholic
Geography: rolling hills – good farmland
Economy: agriculture (tobacco, rice, indigo – cash crops), wood, tar ,trade
Charter Colony
Significant: Toleration Act of 1649

14. Virginia - 1607 Founders: John Smith. John Rolfe
Government: House of Burgesses
Reason: Profit
Geography: Good farmland
Economy: Trade, Tobacco
Significant: Bacon’s Rebellion

15. North & South Carolina 1663/ 1712
Founders: 8 families
Proprietary then Royal
Reason: Profit/Trade
Geography: good farmland
Economy: Trade/ Indigo (Blue Gold)
Significant: Roanoke-1587

16. Georgia - 1732 Founders: James Oglethorpe
Reason: Home for Debtors, Protect colonies from Spain
Royal colony after 1752
Geography: Good farmland, hot summers
Economy: Farming/trade
Significant: No slaves, no alcohol