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Colonies
Early American Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New England | Homogenous - Religious freedom – Plymouth, pilgrims - Massachusetts Bay, Puritans - Connecticut & Rhode Island, those fleeing intolerance and Puritans |
| Mid-Atlantic | Heterogenous - Religious tolerance unlike New England, slavery tolerated though not prevalent, mixture of ethnic backgrounds. New Netherland (NY & NJ), fur traders - Pennsylvania, Quakers - Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, & Georgia – make money for England, large scale agriculture, indentured servants and slaves |
| 1584 | Roanoke Island, VA – Sir Walter Raleigh. 2nd Colony in 1586 mysteriously disappeared. |
| 1606 – 1624 | Jamestown – John Smith, boom town, self advancement, highly individualized |
| 1620 | Massachusetts Bay Colony – Plymouth - Pilgrims, separatists – Mayflower – ½ died. Puritans, change church from within - 1630 – 1640, Great Migration |
| 1632 | Maryland Colony – George and Celcius Calvert - George, driving force aka. Lord Baltimore, for colony for Catholics |
| 1644 | New Jersey Colony – between Hudson & Delaware Rivers – Lord Berkley & Sir George Cartaret |
| 1663 | Carolina Colony – Albemarle, Cape Fear, Port Royal – plantations, granted to Sir John Colleton , entice settlers, not instant wealth, but representation, head right, liberty |
| 1681 | Pennsylvania Colony – William Penn – wanted a Quaker sanctuary |
| 1719 | King created separate governments for N & S Carolina |
| 1732 | Georgia Colony – prevent Spain from invading Carolinas from Florida |
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