13 colonies
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13 Colonies
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13 Colonies
• Virginia• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• New York• Maryland• Rhode Island• Connecticut
• Delaware• North Carolina• Pennsylvania• Georgia• New Jersey• South Carolina
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Colonies
• Mid-Atlantic• New England• Southern
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Mid-Atlantic
• New York• Maryland• Delaware• New Jersey• Pennsylvania
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Why did they come?
• Freedom of religion attracted Europeans• Make money working in shipyards and
ironworks• Varied economy with more small scale
manufacturing– Farms – wheat, other grains– Factories – iron– Factories – paper and textiles
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Province of New York
• Named in honor of James “The Duke of York”
• Founded by the Dutch in 1664• Changed hands several times• Later became New York and Vermont• Proprietary Colony • First settlers were Dutch fur traders and
farmers• Furs, Grain
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Province of Maryland
• Named for Queen Henrietta Maria• Founded in 1632 by the English• Was a haven for persecuted Roman
Catholics• Tobacco • Proprietary Colony
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Delaware County
• Named for Lord De La Warr• Settled by the Dutch in 1638• First to ratify the Constitution• Founded by Peter Minuit and the New
Sweden Company• Proprietary Colony
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Province of New Jersey
• Named in honor of George Carteret • Established by Lord Berkeley and Sir George
Carteret• Hot humid summers, cold winters• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were Dutch fur traders and farmers• Grain• Was a Dutch trading post
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Province of Pennsylvania
• Founded by William Penn in 1681• “Penn’s Woods”• Had chosen the name New Wales• King Charles II gave it to William Penn to
repay a debt he owed to William’s father• Proprietary Colony• First Settlers – Quakers
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New England
• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Rhode Island• Connecticut
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Why did they come?
• Keep family units – independence• Practice own religion• Farming and dishing communities• People grew own food and made own
clothes and shoes
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Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Indian word for “at the big wheel”• Founded in 1620• Founded by Pilgrims• 2nd settlement founded• Became Massachusetts and Maine• Charter Colony
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Province of New Hampshire
• Named for English county of Hampshire• Founded in 1629• Founded by John Wheelright• Given by King James I to John Mason• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were fishermen, Puritan
exiles from Massachusetts
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Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
• Dutch word for “red island”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Roger Williams• Religious freedom – Puritan dissenters• Produce – Lumber – fish• First colony to guarantee freedom of
worship• Charter Colony
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Connecticut Colony
• Became first colony with a written form of government
• Indian word for “at the long tidal river”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Thomas Hooker• Charter Colony
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Southern
• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
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Why did they come?
• Wealth seekers• Mostly single men who started families as
fortunes grew• Agricultural • Plantations• Tobacco, rice, indigo
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Colony and Dominion of Virginia
• Mother of Presidents• Names for Queen Elizabeth “The Virgin Queen”• Founded in 1585 by The London Company -
Walter Raleigh• 1st settlement• Later became Virginia, West Virginia, and
Kentucky• Charter Colony• First Settlers adventurers, tobacco planters• Majority of early immigrants died of disease
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Province of South Carolina and Province of North Carolina
• Founded in 1633 by King Charles I• Named for Charles I• Carolus is Latin for Charles • Granted to 8 English lords by King Charles I and then
divided• Edward “Blackbeard” Teach hid out in the Carolinas
after robbing ships. He was killed by a Virginia Lt. in 1718
• Later became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• Proprietary colony• Tobacco, rice, grain• First Settlers – Tobacco Planters
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Province of Georgia
• Named in honor of King George• Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe• Founded in place of a debtor’s prison• Had many troubles with pirates and
Indians• Last of the 13 colonies to be set up• First Settlers were Prison reformers• Proprietary Colony
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