NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Date:

1620, 1638

Reason:

Profit from fishing and trade, religious freedom

Founder(s):

John Mason, John Wheelright

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes:

Royal colony – England directly ruled

MASSACHUSETTS (MASS. BAY COLONY)

Date:

1630

Reason:

Religious freedom

Founder(s):

John Winthrop

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes:

Founded on Puritan beliefs

RHODE ISLAND

Date:

1636

Reason:

Religious freedom

Founder(s):

Roger Williams

Colony Type:

Charter

Other Notes:

Charter colony – colonists elected their own governor and legislature

CONNECTICUT

Date:

1635

Reason:

Religious freedom, profit from trade

Founder(s):

Thomas Hooker

Colony Type:

Charter

Other Notes:

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – first written constitution in America Constitution – plan of government

MIDDLE COLONIES

NEW YORK

Date:

1624

Reason:

Expand trade

Founder(s):

Dutch settlers, Duke of York

Colony Type:

Proprietary, Royal

Other Notes:

Proprietary colony – individuals given land and free to rule

PENNSYLVANIA

Date:

1682

Reason:

Profit from selling land; religious freedom

Founder(s):

William Penn

Colony Type:

Proprietary

Other Notes:

“Holy Experiment” – chance to put Quaker ideals into practice Quakers (Society of Friends) – believed everyone was equal, were pacifists

NEW JERSEY

Date:

1638

Reason:

Profit from selling land

Founder(s):

John Berkeley, George Carteret

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes:

Promised freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative government

DELAWARE

Date:

1638

Reason:

Expand trade

Founder(s):

Swedish settlers

Colony Type:

Proprietary

Other Notes:

SOUTHERN COLONIES

MARYLAND

Date:

1634

Reason:

To sell land; religious freedom

Founder(s):

Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore)

Colony Type:

Proprietary

Other Notes:

Act of Toleration of 1649 – granted people the right to worship freely

VIRGINIA

Date:

1607

Reason:

Expand trade

Founder(s):

John Smith, Virginia Company

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes:

Indentured servants – Agreed to work 4-7 years in exchange for passage to America

NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA

Date:

1660s, 1670

Reason:

Profit from trade and selling land

Founder(s):

Group of English aristocrats

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes:

Grew rice and indigo, demand for African slaves grows

GEORGIA

Date:

1733

Reason:

Religious freedom; place for debtors

Founder(s):

James Oglethorpe

Colony Type:

Royal

Other Notes: