reasons for founding the colonies Flashcards
new england colonies
new hampshire
massachusetts
rhode island
connecticut
middle colonies
new york
new jersey
pennsylvania
delaware
southern colonies
maryland
virginia
north carolina
south carolina
georgia
why was virginia founded in 1607?
aimed to find gold - economic depression in england, 1601
wanted to find a passage to asia
indians taught them how to grow exotic crops like maize
why was maryland founded in 1634?
george calvert, lord baltimore converted to roman catholicism
needed refuge for english catholics - england protestant at the time
they wanted to set up plantations to grow tobacco - popular in england later on
why was new england founded in 1620?
more women - increase population
less indentured servants
much healthier place to live - longer life expectancy because it was cold
most people were puritans subject to persecution
aimed to found a religious settlement of saints with a government based on religious principles
why were the middle colonies founded in 1664?
founded by quakers who were intensely persecuted such as william penn
government more democratic - all taxpayers and freemen could elect their assembly
many dissenters (people who don’t conform to state church) flocked to pennsylvania - complete religious freedom
why was georgia founded in 1732?
philanthropic experiment - set up by general james e oglethorpe for poor people and religiously persecuted
military buffer to spanish florida