THE THIRTEEN Colonies

THE delaware colony

• The Delaware Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
• The Delaware Colony was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company.
• The Delaware colony was made for people to get away from the Church of England

FACTS ABOUT DELAWARE

• Delaware was the 1st of the original 13 colonies to become a state on : December 7, 1787 and the first colonial state.
• A typical farm was 50 to 150 acres consisting of a house, barn, yard and fields

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THE PENNSYLVANIAN COLONY

• The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II.
• It was founded by William Penn and some other Quakers for religious freedom.

PENNSYLVANIAN FACTS

• The Colony became a state on December 12, 1787.
• Pennsylvania was often referred to as a breadbasket colony because it grew so many crops, especially wheat. The wheat was ground into flour in flour mills then shipped to England.

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CAROLINA COLONY

• It was founded by supporters of Charles II for farming and trade. It later split into North and South Carolina.
• The South Carolina Colony was founded in 1633 by eight English nobles with a Royal Charter from King Charles II - refer to Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729.

FACTS

• The Colony became a state on May 23, 1788.
• Climate: The Southern colonies were the warmest of the three regions, winters not difficult to survive, but the hot and humid summers gave rise to the spread of disease. The warm climate made it possible to grow crops throughout the year and was ideally suited for plantations

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GEORGIA COLONY

• It was founded by James Oglethorpe for relief for poor English and as a buffer between Spanish Florida and The Carolinas.
• Georgia's Trustees, Oglethorpe and the twenty-one other men, established that no man was to make profit off the settlement. Once the charter was finalized the men brought it to the attention of King George II. In 1732, King George II, under the persuasion of Oglethorpe, signed off on the last of the 13 colonies.
• William Stephens was named president of the entire colony of Georgia as James Oglethorpe was primarily focused on the defense of the colony during the war with Spain
• The Colony became a state on January 2, 1788.

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THE Virginia Colony

• The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607 by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company, at Jamestown.
• It was founded in 1607 by the London Company to find gold.
• In 1722 Virginia government allows families to live rent-free for ten years on land owned by the state
• The Colony became a state on June 25, 1788.

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COLONY OF Plymouth

• It was founded in 1620 by Seperatist Pilgrims for religious freedom.
• The Plymouth Colony was established in November 1620 and located on the Atlantic coast of North America in, what would become, Massachusetts New England. The Plymouth Colony is not included as one of the original 13 colonies as it was de-established 1691.
• A terrible epidemic kills half of the Plymouth Colony. 45 of the 102 Pilgrims died that first winter and were buried on Cole's Hill.
• February 17, 1621: There next concern at Plymouth Colony was with the Native Indians who had been sighted several times.

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