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Who was the founder of Virginia in 1607?
John Smith and London Company
What was the reason for finding Virginia?
Economic Opportunity and Profit
What type of government does Virginia have from beginning to end?
Joint-Stock
Royal
Who founded Masscachusetts?
The Pilgrims-William Bradford
The Puritans-John Winthrop
What was the reason for the founding of Massachusetts?
Religious freedom (MAIN reason)
Economic Opportunity
Who was the founder of Connecticut in 1636?
Thomas Hooker
What was the reason for the founding of Connecticut?
Split with Puritans of Massachusetts
Need for more farmland
What was the government type of Massachusetts?
Joint-stock
Self Governing
Royal
Goverment type of Connecticut?
Self Governing
Government type for Rhode Island?
Self Governing
Who founded Rhode Island in 1636?
Roger Williams
What was the reason for the founding of Rhode Island?
Disagreement with Puritan law
Government based on religious toleration
Who was the founder of New Hampshire in 1622?
Fernando Gorges
John Mason
What was the reason for the founding of New Hampshire?
Fishing outpost initially
Off shoot of Massachusetts
Government type of New Hampshire?
Propreitary
Royal
Who was the founder of Pennyslvania in 1682?
William Penn (Quakers)
What else was Pennsylvania called?
Penn's Holy Experiment
What type of government does Pennsylvania have?
Proprietary
What was the reason for the founding of Pennsylvania?
Quakers believe all people were equal
Pacificts who refused to fight in war
Who was the founder of New Jersey in 1664?
John Berkeley
George Carteret
Reason for the founding of New Jersey?
Land grant from Charles II
Split into East aand West
Land Sold for Profit
Government type of New Jersey?
Proprietary
Royal
Who were the founders of Delaware in 1638?
Swedish Settlers (Christiana)
William Penn (lower counties)
Reason for the founding of Delaware?
Later Split from Pennnsylvania
Goverment type of Delaware?
Proprietary Colony
Reason for the founding of Maryland?
Haven for Catholic
Land for tobacco farming
What kind of government was Maryland?
Proprietary Colony
Who founded Maryland in 1632?
Sir Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
Who founded New York in 1624?
Duke of York
Dutch
What was the reason for founding New York?
Expand trade
Gift from Charles II
Took it from the Dutch
Government type of New York?
Proprietary
Who founded the Carolinas (North and South) in 1663?
8 Noblemen
What was the reason for finding the Carolinas?
Land for tobacco, rice, and indigo plantations
Government type of the Carolinas?
Proprietary
Royal
Who was the founder of Georgia in 1732?
James Oglethorpe
Goverment type of Georgia?
Proprietary
Reason for the founding of Georgia?
Haven for people freed from debtor's prison
Buffer against Spanish Florida
What was Georgia originally founded as?
A social experiment
What was the 1st constitution to later influence the basis for later state consitituions?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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The 13 Colonies Chart
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