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New Jersey, Virginia was founded on April 26, 1607. By a group of 125 English settlers. They were focus on finding gold in the river banks, and anything that could make them profit.
Virginia belonged to The Southern colonies. some of the indigenous tribes that lived there were the Powhatan, Iroquoians, the Nottoway, and Meherrin. Virginia's culture was mostly Christianity.

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both of the Carolinas were founded in 1660. After Charles II became king, he rewarded the aristocrats who had supported him in the Civil War, and gave them the land. which the colonist had named it Carolina.
South Carolina belonged to the Southern Colonies. Some of the indigenous tribes that lived there were the Catawba, Pee Dee, Chicora, Edisto, Santee, Yamassee, and the Chicora-Waccamaw.
Most of carolina's people came from Virginians and england, so it was mostly a self-government colony.

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north carolina was founded in 1710, by John White.
North Carolina became a colony because the Proprietary Lords who owned the colony of Carolina decided that their colony was too large.
North Carolina belongs to the Southern Colonies.
the indigenous tribes that lived in North Carolina were the Coharie, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Haliwa-Saponi, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the Meherrin, the Sappony, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation and the Waccamaw Siouan.
The Culture of North Carolina is a subculture in the United States. most of the colonies came from England with African slaves. So it was a mostly self-government colony.

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Delaware was founded in 1681 by William Penn. King Charles II handed the land to him and his quakers, to pay off the debt he owed Penn and his family.
Delaware belonged to the middle colonies. the Lenape or Lenni Lenape Indians lived in Delaware, the colonist had named them the Delaware Indians.
Delaware was mostly a free colony, that govern itself. there was mostly quakers and a large population of swedish.

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Pennsylvania was founded in 1681. King charles II handed the land to quaker William Penn, to pay of his debt.
pennsylvania belonged to the middle colonies. The Lenape, or Delaware, tribe and the Susquehannock tribe lived in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania was full of quakers, who believe in equality of the sexes, nonviolence, and tolerance that felt like a threat to puritans.

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New Jersey was founded in 1664. By James, Duke of York, granted Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. They had found this land and had named it in honor of Carteret's defense of the English Channel island of Jersey during the English Civil War.
new Jersey belonged to the middle colonies, some indigenous tribes that lived there were the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Powhatan Renape Nation, Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation, and the Inter-Tribal American Indians of New Jersey.
The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey

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New York was founded in 1664. England wanted land for itself so it sent a fleet, to the Dutch. the Dutch had surrendered and the new colony was renamed New York, after the duke of York.
New York belonged to the middle colonies. There were multiple tribes that lived in the New York colony, but the main 4 are the Lenni Lenape, Erie, Iroquois, and the Mahican. the Dutch colony never identified itself as a religious state. New York counted Jews, and Catholics.

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New Hampshire was founded in 1638 by John wheelwright. he founded it when he was fleeing from Massachusetts from similar reasons.
Massachusetts belonged to the New england colonies. The Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee tribes lived in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire culture was puritans.

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Rhode Island was founded on May 7, 1776.
By Roger Williams. He had founded after he was banished from Massachusetts. he believed that people shouldn't be forced to go to church and do religion, and the English settlers should pay the Natives for land.
Rhode Island belongs to New England.
When the first European settlers arrived, the Native tribes in Rhode Island were the Narragansett and Wampanoag.

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Georgia was founded in 1732, by the last british colony and James Edward Oglethorpe.
King George II establish it for the debtors.
Georgia belonged to the southern colonies, some of the indigenous tribes that lived there were the Eastern Cherokee, and The Lower Muscogee Creek Tribe.
The early colonists were mostly English though there were also significant amounts of Scots-Irish.

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Maryland was founded in 1632, by George calver, Lord baltimore. He wanted to set up a place for catholics.
Maryland belonged to the southern colonies.
Some of the indigenous people that lived in Maryland are the Accohannock, Assateaque, Choptank, Delaware, Matapeake, Nanticoke, Piscataway, Pocomoke, and Shawnee.
Maryland has many religions, but the two main ones are Catholics and Protestants.

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Massachusetts was founded in 1630, by John Winthrop and his people. they had founded it to start a 'perfect' christian society.  Massachusetts belonged to New England.
The Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present-day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years.
the main culture in massachusetts was English Puritans.

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Hartford, CT was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and his congregation.
hooker and two other towns joined them and started a colony there in Hartford.
There were originally many small American Indian tribes in the Connecticut area, the Mohegan, Pequot, Niantic, Nipmuc, Mattabesic, Schaghticoke, Paugussett, and others.
The majority of Connecticut is Christian, with the largest group Protestants. There are also large groups of Roman Catholics and non-religious residents.