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Settled by the Virginia company. Named in honor of King James 1.

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Bought by Massachusetts Bay Colony after many years of squatting.

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A war between American Indians and the whites. Was negotiated to an end by the marriage of Pocahontas to colonist John Rolfe.

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Jamestown didn’t produce gold or the “northwest passage,” but it did start cranking out tobacco by 1612 in large enough quantities to make Jamestown profitable.

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Known as one of the Bread Colonies. Its population was more ethnically and religiously diverse than other colonies.

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1619 - First Africans Brought to the Colony

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1619 - First Africans Brought to the Colony

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Due to the new need of large amounts of labor, slaves were brought from Africa.

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Founded by separatists who sought religious freedom. Known for its self-government impact.

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Established by non-separatist Puritans. John Winthrop was the first Governor.

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Founded by Lord Baltimore as a Catholic haven.

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Reverend Thomas Hooker and his followers come to Hartford in 1635, Connecticut founded in 1662 by merging New haven and Hartford.

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Whites clash with the Pequot on the Connecticut Mystic River. The Pequot are nearly wiped out.

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Founded in Providence by Roger Williams when he built a Baptist Church.

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Remained under the control of Pennsylvania until after the American Revolution.

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Allowed for freedom for Christians, but death to anyone else.

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1660's to 1670's - Middle colonies became known as the Bread Colonies

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1660's to 1670's - Middle colonies became known as the Bread Colonies

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Known as “Bread Colonies” for their heavy exports of grain which could grow from fertile soil.

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In 1662, formal laws began to appear in Virginia that made Blacks and their children property (otherwise known as “chattel”) for the life of their White masters.

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Allowed more parishioners to the Puritan congregations for those who were baptized but not yet converted to full communion rights.

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Began as west Jersey and East Jersey. Combined and ran by the Quakers.

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Dictated that the American colonies must trade with England and cannot trade with other nations.

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1670 Established by the new king Charles II to reward his favorite followers, this colony was seen as an extension of the West Indies.

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1670's - Rice becomes a major staple crop.

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1670's - Rice becomes a major staple crop.

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Rice is labor intensive and needs skilled farmers - which brings a high price for African slaves who are familiar with rice and malaria-resistant

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Absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1641. Later split into its own colony in 1679.

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Founded by the Quakers. No state-sponsored church was established in Pennsylvania.

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Fought against the Tuscarora Indians in North Carolina, they were defeated by a coalition of North and South Carolinians and sold into slavery,

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Comes into existence when squatters from Virginia plant their tobacco there to escape wealthy landowners.

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After noticing a slump in American religious zeal, many preachers took to the pulpit to try and revitalize American religion.

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1. Established as a buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida. Was a second-chance colony for debtors.