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Question | Answer |
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Who founded the colony of Massachusetts Plymouth/Bay? | John Carver and John Winthrop |
Who founded the colony of New Hampshire? | John Mason and John Wheelwright |
Who founded the colony of Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
Who founded the colony of Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
Who founded the colony of New York? | Peter Minuit and Peter Stuyvesant |
Who founded the colony of Delaware? | Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company |
Who founded the colony of New Jersey? | John Berkeley and George Carteret |
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
Who founded the colony of Virginia? | Captain John Smith and John Rolf |
Who founded the colony of North Carolina? | A group of eight aristocrats |
Who founded the colony of South Carolina? | A group of eight aristocrats |
Who founded the colony of Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
Who founded the colony of Maryland? | George (Lord Baltimore) Calvert and Cecil (George Calvert's son) Calvert |