Unit 1 Flashcards
Massachusetts
Date: 1620
Leader: John Winthrop
Founded for: Religious freedom
New Hampshire
Date :1623
Leader: John Mason
Founded for: fishing (economic activity)
Connecticut
Date: 1636
Leader: Thomas Hooker
Founded for: Religious freedom
Rhode Island
Date: 1636
Leader: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
Founded for: religious freedom
Pennsylvania
Date: 1681
Leader: William Penn
Founded for: Quakers to have religious freedom
New York Colony
Date: 1664
Leader: The dutch but later became a british colony
Founded for: Trade expansion
New Jersey Colony
Date: 1638
Leader: John Berkeley and George Carteret
Founded for: Religious freedom
Delaware Colony
Date: 1638
Leader: The british
Founded for: Trade expansion
South Carolina Colony
Date: 1712
Leader: Various English lords
Founded for :Trade expansion and profit
North Carolina Colony
Date: 1712
Leader: Various English lords
Founded for :Trade expansion and profit
Virginia Colony
Date: 1607
Leader: John Smith and Virginia Company
Founded for: gold but stayed for tobacco
Maryland Colony
Date: 1632
Leader: Lord Baltimore
Founded for: religious freedom for catholics
Georgia Colony
Date: 1732
Leader: James Oglethorpe
Founded for: safe haven for poor people or people with debt
