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    David Knapp, Steven Bucher, Cameron Bournes, Ethan Burrell

    Colonies

    Who?

    When?

    Why?

    Connecticut
    (Dutch, became
    English)

    Founded by Thomas
    Hooker and others at
    Hartford.

    Founded 1636,
    Statehood 1788

    Founded for political


    and religious freedom
    after disagreements
    with Massachusetts
    Bay.

    Delaware
    (Originally Dutch,
    became English)

    Founded in 1638 by
    Founded in 1638,
    Peter Minuit and New First of the 13
    Sweden Company.
    colonies to become a
    state in 1787.

    Founded for trade and


    agricultural
    opportunity that the
    state presented. Had
    fertile soil and lumber
    for manufacturing.

    Maryland
    (English Colony)

    Founded in 1633 by
    George Calvert and
    Lord Baltimore.

    Founded in 1633,
    Statehood in 1788

    Founded for religious


    freedom and had
    manufacturing and
    agricultural
    industries.

    Massachusetts
    (English Colony)

    Founded by John
    Winthrop and
    Thomas Dudley.

    Colony founded in
    1630
    Statehood in 1788

    John Winthrop
    wanted a state free of
    Puritan persecution
    and established the
    Massachusetts Bay
    Colony to practice
    freely.

    New Hampshire
    (English Colony)

    Grant to the land was


    given to Sir
    Ferdinando Gorges
    and John Mason in
    1622.

    Founded 1622
    Statehood 1788

    Founded as part of a
    land grant given by
    the Council of New
    England

    New Jersey
    (Originally Dutch
    Colony but absorbed
    by English)

    Given to Sir George


    Carteret

    Founded in 1664
    Statehood granted in
    1787

    This land was gifted


    to Sir George Carteret
    from the Duke of
    York to govern

    New York
    (Originally Dutch
    Colony but absorbed
    by English)

    Founded by Peter
    Minuit

    Colony founded in
    1626
    Statehood 1788

    It was founded by the


    Dutch for trade of
    furs, in the name of
    the Duke of York

    North Carolina
    (English Colony)

    Founded by Virginian
    colonist and Lord
    Proprietors

    Colony founded in
    1653
    Statehood 1789

    Virginian farmers
    moved to the
    wilderness as a way
    to get free from
    religious laws, the
    land is later granted
    to Lord Proprietors.

    Pennsylvania
    (English Colony)

    Founded by William
    Penn

    Founded 1682,
    Statehood 1787

    Received land from


    his grandfather, and
    wanted to have
    freedom of religion
    without persecution
    for Quakers and other
    religions.

    Rhode Island
    (English Colony)

    Founded by Roger
    Williams

    Founded 1636,
    Statehood 1790

    Williams wanted a
    proper separation of
    the church and state
    in Massachusetts, and
    was banished.

    South Carolina
    (English Colony)

    Founded by 8 English Founded 1663,


    Nobles with a charter Statehood 1788
    from King Charles II.

    Virginians got tired of


    religious laws and
    moved to the
    wilderness, later the
    king gifted the land to
    noblemen. The
    noblemen and the
    group lived in peace,
    and separated into
    South and North
    Carolina after the
    land was sold back to
    the king.

    Virginia
    (English Colony)

    Founded by The
    London Company

    Founded 1607,
    Statehood 1788

    Founded for the


    purpose of making
    money for investors
    and immigrants. Also,
    it was built to convert
    natives to
    Christianity.

    Georgia
    (English Colony)

    James Edward
    Oglethorpe

    Founded 1732,
    Statehood 1788

    James Edward
    Oglethorpe was a
    philanthropist and

    started a colony to
    give prisoners a
    second chance. The
    colony was named
    after King George II.

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