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13 Colonies

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VIRGINIA

  • Founded in 1607
  • Founded by john smith
  • Founded because trade and profits
  • Founded as joint stock company in burgess
  • Virginia was the site of the 1st permanent settlement in Jamestown 1607
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NEW YORK

  • Founded in 1626
  • Founded by peter miniuent
  • Named for the Duke of York.
  • Agriculture; cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat.
  • Founded for trade and profits
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NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Founded in 1630
  • Founded by john mason
  • Founded for those constricted by religious rules
  • Named for Hampshire County in England.
  • Major Industry of NH is Agriculture
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MARYLAND

  • Founded in 1634
  • Founded by george calvert
  • Founded for religious freedom for catholic
  • named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England.
  • Baltimore major city
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CONNECTICUT

  • Founded in 1636
  • Founded by thomas hooker
  • Founded for religious freedom
  • Grew slowly
  • 5th to become a state 1788
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RHODE ISLAND

  • Founded in 1636
  • Founded by roger williams
  • Most tolerent colony
  • First to declare independence from England,
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DELAWARE

  • Founded in 1638
  • Founded by peter minuit
  • Founded for trade and profits
  • Taken by english in 1664
  • The 13-star colonial flag was first flown in battle in Delaware
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NORTH CAROLINA

  • Founded in 1636
  • Founded by group of proprietors
  • Founded for trade and profits
  • Joint business ventures
  • Home of Roanoke Island’s Lost Colony.
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NEW JERSEY

  • Founded in 1660
  • Founded by lord berkley
  • Founded for trade and profits
  • Land was given to the Governor of the Isle of Jersey
  • NJ would be the site of over 100 battles
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SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Founded in 1670
  • Founded by group of proprietors
  • Founded for trade and profits
  • Rice was major crop
  • Charleston harbor battle of 1776
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GEORGIA

  • Founded in 1733
  • Founded by james oglethorpe
  • Founded for deptot
  • Last colony settled
  • 4th to ratify Constitution and become state
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PENNSYLVANIA

  • Founded in 1682
  • Founded by william penn
  • Founded for religious freedom
  • nicknamed “the Keystone State”
  • center of the arch of thirteen colonies.
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MASSACHUSETTS

  • Founded in 1630
  • Founded by john withrop
  • Founded for religious freedom
  • 1800 settlers
  • Mayflower compact

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