Colonial Founding Flashcards
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Founded by Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Religious group seeking to break away from the Church of England
Massachusetts Bay
Founded by Puritans
Puritans
Strict religious group looking to purify the church
Jamestown, Virginia
founded by English settlers looking for gold in 1607
John Winthrop
leader of Puritans in Massachusetts
Connecticut
founded by Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
wanted to expand political rights to the people
Rhode Island
founded by Roger Williams
Roger Williams
founded Rhode Island so all people could have religious freedom
New York
originally founded by the Dutch (formerly known as New Amsterdam) as a center for commerce (trade)
Pennsylvania
founded by William Penn for Quakers
Quakers
tolerate, pacifists, equality for all races, religions, gender
Maryland
Founded by Cecil Calvert (or Lord Baltimore) as a safe place for Catholics
Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
founder of Maryland