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american history of the original 13 colonies

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Penn's Treaty with the Indians
by Benjamin West
(Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

Colony
Founded

Region Founder
Religion

Government

Original Purpose
Economics

Note

Roanoke

1585

Southern

Sir Walter Raleigh

Establish English colony in New World

Colonists disappeared without a trace.

Virginia

1607

Southern

John Smith

Anglican

Royal

Trade and profits

Tobacco

Founded as joint-stock company. House of Burgesses (1619). Only 60 of 1st 900 colonists survived.

Plymouth

1620

New England

William Bradford

Puritan

Corporate

Religious freedom for Separatists

Mixed farmiing

Mayflower Compact. Led by William Bradford

New York

1626

Middle

Peter Minuit

None

Proprietary, then royal

Trade and profits

Mixed farming, furs

Set up as Dutch colony, taken over by English in 1664

Massachusetts Bay

1630

New England

John Winthrop

Puritan

Corporate

Religious freedom for Puritans

Mixed farming, fishing, shipbuilding

Led by John Winthrop. 18,000 settlers by 1642

New Hampshire

1630

New England

John Mason

Puritan

Corporate, then royal

Escape for those constricted by religious and economic rules

Mixed farming

Puritan harshness led these settlers north and inland.

Maryland

1634

Middle

George Calvert

None (Anglican after 1692)

Proprietary

Religious freedom for Catholics

Tobacco

Founded by George Calvert. Slow growing (only 600 by 1650. Maryland Toleration Act (1649)

Delaware

1638

Middle

Peter Minuit

None

Proprietary

Trade and profits.

Established by Sweden; taken by Dutch, then English.

Pennsylvania

1682

Middle

William Penn

None

Proprietary

Religious freedom for Quakers; trade and profits

Wheat, mixed farming

Originally Quaker, this colony became home to many European immigrants

Georgia

1733

Southern

James Oglethorpe

Anglican

Royal

Debtor colony.

Rice

Buffer for Spanish colonies Originally outlawed slavery and restricted size of land grants to 500 acres.

Based on several sources, including The American Journey by Goldfield

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Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) Colony Founded Region Founder Religion Government Original Purpose Economics Note Roanoke 1585 Southern Sir Walter Raleigh Establish English colony in New World Colonists disappeared without a trace. Virginia 1607 Southern John Smith Anglican Royal Trade and profits Tobacco Founded as joint-stock company.