https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a en-us 2018-11-07 16:12:05 UTC 2018-11-20 13:58:28 UTC hello@padlet.com jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337466 Connecticut
A group of individuals led by Thomas Hooker left the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to dissatisfaction with harsh rules and settled in the Connecticut River Valley. In 1639, three settlements joined to form a unified government creating a document called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written constitution in America. King Charles II officially united Connecticut as a single colony in 1662.]]> 2018-11-20 13:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337466 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337494 North & South Carolina
Eight men received charters in 1663 from King Charles II to settle south of Virginia. The area was called Carolina. The main port was Charles Town (Charleston). In 1729, North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies.

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Lord Baltimore received land from King Charles I to create a haven for Catholics. His son, the second Lord Baltimore, personally owned all the land and could use or sell it as he wished. In 1649, the Toleration Act was passed allowing all Christians to worship as they pleased.]]> 2018-11-20 13:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337593 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337662 Delaware
When the Duke of York got New Netherland, he also received New Sweden which had been founded by Peter Minuit. He renamed this area Delaware. This area became part of Pennsylvania until 1703 when it created its own legislature.

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The Quakers were persecuted by the English and wished to have a colony in America. William Penn received a grant which the King called Pennsylvania. Penn wished to begin a “holy experiment.” The first settlement was Philadelphia. This colony quickly became one of the largest in the New World.]]> 2018-11-20 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337705 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337773 New Jersey
The Duke of York granted some land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley who named their colony New Jersey. They provided liberal grants of land and freedom of religion. The two parts of the colony were not united into a royal colony until 1702.]]> 2018-11-20 13:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337773 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337872 New York
The Dutch owned a colony called New Netherland. In 1664, Charles II granted New Netherland to his brother James, Duke of York. He just had to take it from the Dutch. He arrived with a fleet. The Dutch surrendered without a fight.]]> 2018-11-20 13:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337872 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337930 Rhode Island
Roger Williams argued for freedom of religion and separation of church and state. He was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence. Anne Hutchinson was also banished from Massachusetts and she settled Portsmouth. Two additional settlements formed in the area and all four received a charter from England creating their own government eventually called Rhode Island.]]> 2018-11-20 13:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306337930 jordan_perez_23 https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306339992 Georgia
James Oglethorpe received a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida. He founded Savannah in 1733. Georgia became a royal colony in 1752. It had two main purposes: to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew and it served as a barrier against Spanish expansion from Florida.

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In 1622, John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received land in northern New England. Mason eventually formed New Hampshire and Gorges land led to Maine. Massachusetts controlled both until New Hampshire was given a royal charter in 1679 and Maine was made its own state in 1820.]]> 2018-11-20 13:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_perez_23/99t260mlf5a/wish/306340054