It was a port and trading center.

This group decided that everything should be decided by the people.

The guy that created it never saw it.

Maryland was founded to create a place for Roman Catholics who were still struggling against religious tyranny in England.

Connecticut was mostly made up of people looking for freedom from government

When Roger Williams wanted to make changes in religion in Massachusetts, the government did not take it very well. They banished him to England, but instead he went to live with the Native Americans. They formed a group and called it Providence. 

Delaware was originally a part of New Sweden, which also included Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania. Later the king of England gained control over the portion east of the Delaware river and named it Delaware.

It started as one colonie. It eventually separated into two separate colonies and became called North and South Carolina.

South Carolina was formed at the same time as North Carolina.

When the Duke of York recieved New Netherland as a gift, it was renamed New York in his honor

They wanted as many people to come and live there as possible, so they began to make promises about all the different things you could gain from the New World, such as fortune and freedom.

In 1682, William Penn, recieved land from his grandfather, who had recently passed away. Penn, a Quaker, wanted freedom of religion and protection from persecution for himself and others who might want the same thing. He had not been able to find this, so he started his own colony. He called it Pennsylvania.

James Oglethorpe asked the king for a land charter and was granted an unpopulated portion of land from the Carolina charter called Georgia after King George.