1. List the 13 Original Colonies

3.  VirginiaNorth Carolina  MassachusettsSouth Carolina  New HampshireNew Jersey  MarylandNew York  ConnecticutPennsylvania  Rhode IslandGeorgia  Delaware

4.  First colony  Founded in 1607 by the London Company  Why was it founded????  State Capitol: Richmond  State nickname: The Old Dominion Because he considered the Virginians "the best of his distant children," sometime around 1663, King Charles II of England elevated Virginia to the position of dominion along with England, Scotland, Ireland, and France.King Charles II

5.  Founded in 1620 by who??  Why did this group of people settle there?  Give me the names of the ships they travelled on  State nickname: The Bay State  State Capitol: Boston

6.  Founded by William Penn in 1682  The King of England owed the Penn family over a trillion dollars, granted William the land that would bear his name as payment  William Penn’s goal was to setup a colony based on religious freedoms so that he and his fellow Quakers could avoid persecution  State Capitol: Harrisburg  State Nickname: The Keystone State

7.  Georgia (GA)  Capitol: Savannah  State Nickname: The Peach State  Delaware (DE)  Capitol: Dover  State Nickname: The First State  New Hampshire (NH)  Capitol: Concord  State Nickname: The Granite State

8.  New Jersey (NJ)  State Capitol: Trenton  State Nickname: The Garden State  Maryland (MD)  State Capitol: Annapolis  State Nickname: The Old Line State  Connecticut (CT)  State Capitol: Hartford  State Nickname: The Constitution State

9.  Rhode Island (RI)  Capitol: Providence  State Nickname: Little Rhody  New York (NY)  Capitol: Albany  State Nickname: The Empire State  North Carolina (NC)  Capitol: Raleigh  State Nickname: The Tar Heel State  South Carolina(SC)  Capitol: Columbia  State Nickname: The Palmetto State