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Virginia was founded as a English colony in 1607

It was the first to be established in the new world

It was named after Queen Elizabeth the 1st (aka, the Virgin Queen)

Virginia was chartered by the Virginia Company

Tobacco was a huge cash crop in Virginia. Just before the Revolutionary War, they were producing 55 million pounds of tobacco a year

Slaves and servants where a huge help in the growing of this cash crop

Virginia's charter was revoked in 1624, this lead to it becoming a crown colony

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- New York was founded in 1624

-English wanted New York for themselves in 1664

-English attacked the Dutch (who owned it before) and the Dutch surrendered

-England officially owned New York

-Renamed as New York by Charles ll's brother, Duke of York

- New York had many, many produce farmers, just like other middle colonies

-The amount of produce is why New York is the "Breadbasket colony"

-Proprietary colony

-Semi-Nomadic Indigenous People have been living in what is now New York for over 13,000 years

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Founded in 1629

John Wheelwright fled Massachusetts in 1638

Founded Exeter

Merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1641

Became independent in 1679

Named New Hampshire by John Mason

Royal colony

Relied on agriculture, manufacturing, fishing.

Grew potatoes, squash, and pumpkins

Once offered an acre of land for one corn a year.

Also charged 1 shilling per 100 acres.

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Massachusetts was founded in 1630

John Winthrop settled in Boston with 900 people

Massachusetts was granted a charter from King Charles I

Massachusetts means "large hill place" in Algonquian

Massachusetts was the birthplace of the iron industry in the U.S.

Most of the economy was focused on water-related things, like ship-building, trade, and fishing.

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Founded by George Calvert AKA Lord Baltimore in 1633

Calvert founded the colony to make a refuge for Catholics

Maryland was named in honor of King Charles I’s wife, Queen Henrietta Maria

Protestants who were against Catholics moved in and caused conflict

A law called the Act of Toleration was created by Lord Baltimore in 1649 which made persecution of any Christian based on their religion illegal

In 1654 protestants who were against Catholics revoked the Act of Toleration

Maryland was the 7th colony to become a state

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Founded in 1636

Founded by Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

Both founders were exiled from Massachusetts for having radical ideas about religion and equality.

The primary sources of income were whaling, shipbuilding, and fishing.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US

The land was first discovered by the Dutch, The Dutch named it Roodt Eylandt. When Rhode Island came under English control they renamed it Rhode Island.

Chartered colony

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• Connecticut was founded in 1636
• Thomas Hooker led settlers to the Connecticut River and built a town and named it Hartford
• Hooker left Massachusetts Bay because he felt the governor and other officials had too much power
• He wanted to establish a colony with strict limits on government
• The settlers wrote a plan of government called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut in 1639: 1) all property owners were allowed to vote and 2) governor's power was limited
• Connecticut became a separate colony in 1662, with a new charter granted by the king of England

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Founded in 1638 as a Swedish Colony

The state of Delaware was officially created in 1776

Located in the middle colonies

Delaware was part of Pennsylvania but Penn let them have their own government

Proprietary Colony

Delaware was named after the governor of Virginia, Lord De La Warr

Delaware was the first state from a colony

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The Carolinas were founded and received a charter in 1663

Was originally going to be a fuedal society in which the monarchs would rule over the settlers however, it failed because of many problems including corruption and attacks with Native Americans

Was created as a "wall" between Spanish Florida

Was founded by a group of southern Virginian colonists

The colony's name was chosen in order to honor King Charles IX of France and Kings Charles the I and II of England

Carolina derives from Carolus which is the Latin form of Charles

In 1669 the Carolina province split in two and in 1712 North Carolina became its own official colony and was a royal colony in 1719

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1) In 1660 Carolina was gifted to aristocrats who supported King Charles but the South and the North weren't divided until 1729

2)Most people who lived in South Carolina were people who came straight from England with their slaves

3) Most people came over to South Carolina because they wanted the farmland, religious tolerance, and self government

4) It was the 8th colony of the British in the  U.S.

5)It was known for growing many crops such as rice, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar. These were all farmed on giant plantations by slaves.

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1. NJ was founded in 1664

2. Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret were given, what they later named New Jersey, this land by The Duke of York

3. NJ was a proprietary colony

4. Fun Facts

NJ has no harbor which made it hard to make profit

The colony gave the king control in 1702

NJ was part of the Dominion

NJ was spilt into 2 halves, East and west, then was merged together again in 1702

NJ offered religious freedom for people

By: Logan Slabaugh 7W

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Pennsylvania was established in 1681

Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn

William Penn was a Quaker

In Pennsylvania Quakers had religious freedom that is how it became one of the largest cities in the United States.

William Penn is Sir William Penn's son

Pennsylvania got its name because of Sir William Penn

Pennsylvania was a Proprietary Colony

Pennsylvania was the 11th colony and the first colony to become a state

Penn wanted to name the colony New Wales which means "woods" in latin

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Georgia was founded in 1732

It was named after King George II

Slavery was banned in the charter of the colony but in 1751, slavery resumed

Georgia made money by growing and selling indigo and rice

In 1752, Georgia became a royal (or crown) colony

James Oglethorpe was the founder of the Georgia colony and he wanted to resettle in America because he wanted a place for debtors and the poor

To insure the settlers didn't become too wealthy, Britain put a 500 acre limit on land holdings per person