Development of Colonial North America 1607-1718 Flashcards
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Plymouth
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New England 1620 William Bradford- pilgrim Corporation Separatists Farming Indians taught Pilgrims to grow food Mayflower compact
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Jamestown (Virginia)
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Southern Chesapeake 1607 John Smith and John Rolfe house of burgesses Anglican Tobacco Fights for land with Indians Established for economic reasons
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Massachusetts (with Maine)
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New England 1630 John Winthrop Corporation Puritan Farming, fishing Founded to give an example of what a good Christian society should be "City upon a hill"
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New York
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Middle 1624-1626 Henry Hudson Peter Stuyvesant Proprietary Royal No religion Farming, fur, trade Founded by Dutch
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New Jersey
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Middle 1664 Proprietary No religion Farming trade furs Split from New York
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Pennsylvania
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Middle 1684 William penn Proprietary No religion Farming Penn paid natives for their land Established as a haven for Quakers "The holy experiment"
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Delaware
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Middle 1701 William penn Proprietary Founded by Swedish
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Georgia
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Lower south 1732 James Oglethorpe Proprietary Royal No religion Farming Built as a haven for the poor Excluded Catholics and Africans
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New Hampshire
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New England 1630-1643 Corporation and royal Puritan Farming
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Maryland
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Southern (Chesapeake) 1634 George Calvert (lord Baltimore) Proprietary and royal Anglican and catholic Tobacco Founded as a haven for Roman Catholics
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Rhode Island
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New England 1636 Roger Williams Corporation No religion Farming Haven for dissenters
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Connecticut
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New England 1636 Thomas hooker Corporation Puritan Farming
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Carolina
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Lower south 1663
Named after King Charles II
