Colonial Chart
Colony
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Founded
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Founder
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Government
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Reasons Founded
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Massachusetts
Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia |
1620
1629 1635 1636 1623 1664 1664 1682 1638 1664 1701 1632 1607 1663 1712 1663 1712 1732 |
William Bradford
John Winthrope Thomas Hooker Roger Williams Part of Massachusetts Duke of York Lord Burkley William Penn Founded by the Dutch Became part of PA Became separate colony Lord Baltimore Virginia Company Poor Tobacco Farmes Poor Tobacco Farmers James Oglethorpe |
Male landowning church members
Male landowning church members Male Landowning Male landowning church members Governor Elected Assembly Governor Elected Assembly Governor Representative government that could make laws Answered to governor of PA Elected Assembly Feudal House of Burgesses Governor Not much government structure Not much government structure Governor Elected Assembly |
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom Political Freedom Religious Tolerance Fishing Villages Economic Reasons -trade Duke of York gave New Jersey to his friend Refuge for Quakers Separate government All religions welcome Refuge for Catholics Profit from trade and farming Profit and Substance Farming Profit and Substance Farming Buffer between Chesapeake and Spanish Florida |