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13 Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Virginia - Date Founded | 1607 |
| Virginia - Important People | John Smith, John Rolfe |
| Virginia - Reason | Businewss venture |
| Viriginia - Interesting Facts | King wanted colony to protect land from Spanish |
| Massachusetts - Date Founded | 1620 |
| Massachusetts - Important People | William Bradford, John Winthrop |
| Massachusetts - Reason | Freedom of religion |
| Massachusetts - Interesting Facts | 1st public school, public park, public book store, public newspaper |
| Rhode Island - Date Founded | 1636 |
| Rhode Island - Important People | Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson |
| Rhode Island - Reason | Religious and political freedm |
| Rhode Island - Interesting Facts | tolerant of everyone's beliefs, purchased land from Indians |
| Connecticut - Date Founded | 1633 |
| Connecticut - Important People | Thoms Hooker, Adrain |
| Connecticut - Reason | Religious and political freedom |
| Connecticut - Interesting Facts | Main Towns-Windsor, Hartford, Godly Community called "House of Hope" |
| New Hampshire - Date Founded | 1630 |
| New Hampshire - Important People | John Mason |
| New Hampshire - Reason | Fishing colony (trade + profit) |
| New Hampshire - Interesting Facts | Exeter Compact, promised to abide by law |
| Maryland - Date Founded | 1634 |
| Maryland - Important People | Lord Baltimore |
| Maryland - Reason | Haven for Catholics |
| Maryland - Interesting Facts | Religious Tolerance Act, Failure to impose strict laws like deaths to non-believers |
| North Carolina - Date Founded | 1653 |
| North Carolina - Important People | Lords Proprietors |
| North Carolina - Reason | Commerce (trade) |
| North Carolina - Interesting Facts | All the land from NC to Georgia |
| South Carolina - Date Founded | 1670-1678 |
| South Carolina - Important People | Lord Proprietors |
| South Carolina - Reason | Commerce (trade) |
| South Carolina - Interesting Facts | English were first to make permanent settlements |
| New York - Date Founded | 1614 |
| New York - Important People | Peter Minuit |
| New York - Reason | Trade without strict rule, Haven for French Refugees |
| New York - Interesting Facts | Two people explored Niagara Falls, Governor paid $24 to Indians |
| New Jersey - Date Founded | 1664 |
| New Jersey - Important People | Duke York |
| New Jersey - Reason | Trade |
| New Jersey - Interesting Facts | Named of Isle of Jersew where Garteret was from, sold to Quakers 1674 |
| Pennsylvania - Date Founded | 1681 |
| Pennsylvania - Important People | William Penn |
| Pennsylvania - Interesting Facts | means "penn's woods", guaranteed free & fair trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment, free elections |
| Pennsylvania - Reason | Religious Freedom |
| Georgia - Date Founded | 1732 |
| Georgia - Important People | James Oglethorpe |
| Georgia - Reason | give debters secound chance,serve as buffer against Spanish |
| Georgia - Interesting Facts | More than 1,000 settlers in 20 years |
| Delaware - Date Founded | 1638 |
| Delaware - Important People | Peter Minuit, Swedish/Dutch, English |
| Delaware - Reason | trading profit |
| Delaware - Interesting Facts | 1st to sign Constitution |
| New England | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
| Middle Colonies | New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| Southern Colonies | Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
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