Massachusetts – 1620
Founder: – William Bradford, John Winthrop
Purpose: Religious Freedom, Separating from the Church of England (S e p a r a t i s t s)
Government: Mayflower Compact (a social contract, rule of law)
Economy: Fishing, whaling, lumber
Royal Colony
Significant events: Great Migration
New Hampshire – 1622
Founders: John Mason-NH
Sir Ferdinando Gorges-Maine 1647
Religion: Not significant
Economy: Trading
Royal - Taken by the crown in 1680
Significance: Was Maine and NH split it between the men
Connecticut – 1636
Founder: Thomas Hooker
Religion: Puritans
Economy: Fishing, whaling, and ship building. Planting was hard but they did have pumpkins, squash, etc.
Government: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (FoC)
Significant: Pequot War and the King Philip’s War with the Wampanoag
Rhode Island – 1636
Founders: Roger Williams (Providence), Anne Hutchinson (Portsmouth)
Government: Separation of church and state, tolerance for Quakers, Jews, any persecuted
Economy: Merchants, fishing, craftsmen
Significant: first colony with true Religious freedom, Pure democracy
New Jersey – 1665
Founders: Lord John Berkley & George Carteret
(Duke of York had too much land to handle)
Economy: Staple crops (wheat, barley, oats), furs
Geography – good climate, rich land
Reasons Founded: trade, Freedom of religion
Proprietary, then Royal - Crown run by 1702
Significant: Was part of NY first proprietary colony
New York - 1634 (Dutch), 1644 (English)
Founders: Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit; Duke of York
Expand Trade; taken by England in 1644
Economy: furs, trade, port
Reason founded: trade
Royal Colony
Geography: Dutch/New Amsterdam
Religious Freedom – diverse!
Pennsylvania – 1681
Founder: William Penn
Reason: A home for the Quakers (pacifists)
Religion: Quaker, but tolerant of others
Proprietary Colony
Penn – sylvania (Dutch) - Wood land
Significant: Diverse! Advertised overseas
Delaware – 1638
Founders: Swedish/Dutch/York/Penn
Economy: Breadbasket colony – grew many crops, esp. wheat
Founded: To Expand trade
Religion: Not Significant
Proprietary Colony – New Sweden Company
Maryland – 1632
Founder: Cecil Calvert
Reason: Religious Freedom, Tolerant to Trinitarian Christians, Catholic
Geography: rolling hills – good farmland
Economy: agriculture (tobacco, rice, indigo – cash crops), wood, tar, trade
Charter Colony
Significant: Toleration Act of 1649
Virginia – 1607
Founders: Virginia Company of London
Government: House of Burgesses
Reason: Profit
Geography: Good farmland
Economy: Trade, Tobacco
Significant: 1st colony, John Smith, John Rolfe, Bacon’s Rebellion
North and South Carolina – 1663-1712
Founders: 8 families
Proprietary then Royal
Reason: Profit/Trade
Geography: good farmland
Economy: Trade/ Indigo (Blue Gold)
Significant: Roanoke-1587
Georgia – 1732
Founders: James Oglethorpe
Reason: Home for Debtors, Protect colonies from Spain
Royal colony after 1752
Geography: Good farmland, hot summers
Economy: Farming/trade
Significant: No slaves, no alcohol