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13 Colonies Flashcards

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Roger Williams

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Banished from Massachusetts because he believed in religious freedom and separation of church and state. He bought land from Indians.

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Founder of New Hampshire

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Sir Ferdinando Gorges (dead)

Captain John Mason (Puritan)

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Why New Hampshire

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John Mason wanted farming, Gorges wanted money

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1607 colony that died

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Popham

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Founder of Maine

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George Popham and Captain John Mason split the land

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Founder of Connecticut

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Thomas Hooke

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Thomas Hooke

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Puritan, wanted religious freedom from Massachusetts Bay

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Founder of New York

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Duke of York (James Stewart)

Took from Dutch

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Why New York

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Wanted to make a trading hub

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Founder of Delaware

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Peter Minuit, Protestant

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Why Delaware

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Agriculture

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Founder of Pensylvania

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William Penn

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William Penn

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Made as a safe haven for Quakers

Given land from King Charles II because of a debt

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Founder of the Carolinas

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Lord Proprietors but settled by Virginians

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Why Carolina

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Religious freedom, money, named after King Charles II

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Founder of New Jersey

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Lord Berkeley

Taken from Swedish

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Why New Jersey

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Money

Religious freedom

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Founder of Rhode Island

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Roger Williams

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