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13 Original Colonies- Why Each colony was founded

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Connecticut
Trading, Religious freedom, and political Freedom
Massachusetts
Pilgrims Escaping religious persecution.
The Carolinas
Economic Reasons/trade- tobacco turpentine
Delaware
Religious Freedom- Dutch
New Hampshire-
Trading and Fishing
Pennsylvania
Religious Freedom- Quakers who opposed war
Georgia
Religious Freedom, place for debtors and convicts, and will serve as a buffer zone between Spain
New Jersey
Dutch- Profit from Selling Land
Rhode Island
Religious Toleration- Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
Maryland
Lord Baltimore- Safe Haven for England Catholics
New York
Trading
Virginia
Trading Gold and Silver and growing tobacco
Pilgrims landed at ____________ which is present day _______________
Plymouth, Massachusetts
The Pilgrims established a Self-Government by signing the _________________________________
Mayflower Compact
________________________ left Massachusetts to establish his own colony based on the principal of _______________________________
Roger Williams, Religious Tolerance
______________________ was found guilty for lying that God came to her and was banished from Massachusetts to follow Roger Williams to Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
Thomas Hooker
founded Connecticut
Hooker established a self- government in the ___________________________________________. Which is considered the first written constitution of America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New Hampshire was founded by
Massachusetts settlers
New York was originally founded by _______________ in 162. However, their governor Peter Stuyvesant, surrendered the colony to ____________ and was renamed New York.
Dutch, Britain
William Penn founded ________________ for the Quakers who opposed war. The Quakers were looking for religious freedom.
Pennsylvania
Lord Baltimore founded the colony ________________________. This was considered a safe haven for England's Catholics who were seeking religious freedom.
Maryland
Delaware was originally founded by the _____________ in 1638 who were seeking religious freedom. Delaware at one time was a big colony with New Jersey
Dutch
Was founded by the Dutch in 1638 but was taken over by the ______________________. Dutch wanted to use this colony to profit from selling land.
English
The Carolina's were established for _____________________. They wanted to profit from growing and selling tobacco.
economic reasons
The Carolina's were separated in 1712. North Carolina was known as the "__________________________," and South Carolina was a colony of plantations.
Royal Colony
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe who made it a place for _____________ and ___________________
debtors and convicts
Virginia original name was ____________________ which was founded for economic reasons
Jamestown
The river and settlement was named after ____________________________
King James I
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