13 Colonies
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13 Colonies
13 Colonies
• Virginia• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• New York• Maryland• Rhode Island• Connecticut
• Delaware• North Carolina• Pennsylvania• Georgia• New Jersey• South Carolina
Colonies
• Mid-Atlantic• New England• Southern
Mid-Atlantic
• New York• Maryland• Delaware• New Jersey• Pennsylvania
Why did they come?
• Freedom of religion attracted Europeans• Make money working in shipyards and
ironworks• Varied economy with more small scale
manufacturing– Farms – wheat, other grains– Factories – iron– Factories – paper and textiles
Province of New York
• Named in honor of James “The Duke of York”
• Founded by the Dutch in 1664• Changed hands several times• Later became New York and Vermont• Proprietary Colony • First settlers were Dutch fur traders and
farmers• Furs, Grain
Province of Maryland
• Named for Queen Henrietta Maria• Founded in 1632 by the English• Was a haven for persecuted Roman
Catholics• Tobacco • Proprietary Colony
Delaware County
• Named for Lord De La Warr• Settled by the Dutch in 1638• First to ratify the Constitution• Founded by Peter Minuit and the New
Sweden Company• Proprietary Colony
Province of New Jersey
• Named in honor of George Carteret • Established by Lord Berkeley and Sir George
Carteret• Hot humid summers, cold winters• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were Dutch fur traders and farmers• Grain• Was a Dutch trading post
Province of Pennsylvania
• Founded by William Penn in 1681• “Penn’s Woods”• Had chosen the name New Wales• King Charles II gave it to William Penn to
repay a debt he owed to William’s father• Proprietary Colony• First Settlers – Quakers
New England
• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Rhode Island• Connecticut
Why did they come?
• Keep family units – independence• Practice own religion• Farming and dishing communities• People grew own food and made own
clothes and shoes
Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Indian word for “at the big wheel”• Founded in 1620• Founded by Pilgrims• 2nd settlement founded• Became Massachusetts and Maine• Charter Colony
Province of New Hampshire
• Named for English county of Hampshire• Founded in 1629• Founded by John Wheelright• Given by King James I to John Mason• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were fishermen, Puritan
exiles from Massachusetts
Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
• Dutch word for “red island”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Roger Williams• Religious freedom – Puritan dissenters• Produce – Lumber – fish• First colony to guarantee freedom of
worship• Charter Colony
Connecticut Colony
• Became first colony with a written form of government
• Indian word for “at the long tidal river”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Thomas Hooker• Charter Colony
Southern
• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
Why did they come?
• Wealth seekers• Mostly single men who started families as
fortunes grew• Agricultural • Plantations• Tobacco, rice, indigo
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
• Mother of Presidents• Names for Queen Elizabeth “The Virgin Queen”• Founded in 1585 by The London Company -
Walter Raleigh• 1st settlement• Later became Virginia, West Virginia, and
Kentucky• Charter Colony• First Settlers adventurers, tobacco planters• Majority of early immigrants died of disease
Province of South Carolina and Province of North Carolina
• Founded in 1633 by King Charles I• Named for Charles I• Carolus is Latin for Charles • Granted to 8 English lords by King Charles I and then
divided• Edward “Blackbeard” Teach hid out in the Carolinas
after robbing ships. He was killed by a Virginia Lt. in 1718
• Later became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• Proprietary colony• Tobacco, rice, grain• First Settlers – Tobacco Planters
Province of Georgia
• Named in honor of King George• Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe• Founded in place of a debtor’s prison• Had many troubles with pirates and
Indians• Last of the 13 colonies to be set up• First Settlers were Prison reformers• Proprietary Colony