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Stack #80318
WGU - English colonies
| State | Governor & Purpose |
|---|---|
| Virginia | John Smith, Commercial Venture |
| New York (New Amsterdam) | Peter Stuyvesant, Commercial Venture |
| Plymouth | William Bradford, Refuge for English Separatists |
| Massachusetts | John Winthrop, Refuge for English Puritans |
| New Hampshire | John Mason, Commercial Venture |
| Maryland | Lord Baltimore (George Calvert), Refuge for English Catholics |
| Connecticut | Thomas Hooker, Expansion of Massachusetts |
| Rhode Island | Roger Williams, Refuge for Disenters from Massachusetts |
| Delaware (New Sweden) | Peter Minuit & William Penn, Commercial Venture |
| North Carolina | Anthony Ashley Cooper, Commercial Venture |
| South Carolina | Anthony Ashley Cooper, Commercial Venture |
| New Jersey | Sir George Carteret, Consolidation of new English territory |
| Pennsylvania | William Penn, Refuge for English Quakers |
| Georgia | James Oglethorpe, Discourage Spanish expansion & for Charity |