History Colon/Settlements Flashcards
Virginia (Jamestown)
Year: May 23, 1607
Power: Royal
Leaders/Founders: John Smith
Purpose: grow Tobacco and make $
Name of plan:House of Burgesses
Plymouth
Y: Dec 21, 1620
P: Royal Colony
L/G: William Bradford, Pilgrims
Pur: Religion
NOG: Mayflower Compact
Massachusetts Bay
Y:1629
P: charter
L/G: John Winthrop, Puritans
Pur: Religious
Rhode Island
Y: 1636
P: Charter
L/G: Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson
Pur: Religious
Connecticut(Hartford)
Y:1636
P: charter
L/G: farmers
Pur: farmland
NOG: Fundamental orders
New Haven
Y:1638
P: charter
L/G: puritans, Rich business men
Pur: Religion
New York (Albany & NYC)
Y:1609
P: proprietary
L/G: Henry Hudson then Duke of York and Dutch
Pur:to make$
Delaware (New Sweden)
Y:1638
P: proprietary
L/G:swedes Duke of York
Pur:To make $
Maryland
Y:1634
P: proprietary
L/G: Catholic, Lord Baltimore
Pur: religious
NOG:Act of Toleration
Carolinas
Y:1663
P: proprietary
L/G: John Locke
Pur:to try new form of government
NOG:Grand Model
Pennsylvania
Y:1681
P: proprietary
L/G: Quakers William Penn
Pur: Religion
Georgia
Y:1733
P: proprietary
L/G: James Oglethorpe, proprietors
Pur:to make$ create a buffer for the rest of America from Spanish Florida.