Question | Answer |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Massachusetts Plymouth?
What was the purpose of the foundation of Massachusetts Bay? | Religious freedom for separatists pilgrims.
Religious freedom for puritans. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of New Hampshire? | Profit from farming. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Rhode Island? | Religious freedom for ANYONE (Even the Jewish). |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Connecticut? | Profit from fur trade, farming, and religious and political freedom. The founder of this colony created it because he had a religious disagreement with Massachusetts. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of New York? | To expand trade ($). |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Delaware? | To expand trade ($). |
What was the purpose of the foundation of New Jersey? | To gain profit from selling land; farming ($). |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Pennsylvania? | To gain profit from selling land and religious freedom for the Quakers- People who experience religion directly with no need for church services or leaders of worship. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Virginia? | It was founded by the London Company to find gold in 1607. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Maryland? | Religious freedom (i.e. a refuge for Catholics). |
What was the purpose of the foundation of North Carolina? | To gain profit from trade and selling land. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of South Carolina? | To gain profit from trade and selling land. |
What was the purpose of the foundation of Georgia? | Religious freedom, protection from Spanish Florida for South Carolina and protection from French Louisiana, a safe home for debtors, and debts settlements. |