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-American Colonies

/'-' IColony IIRegion IIFounder IIFoundedllPurpose IINote

B EJEstablish ColonistsSouthern ~irl ~a~ter 1585 English colony disappeared

a elg in New World without a trace.

Trade andprofits

Roanoke

Founded as~oint-stockcompany. Houseof Burgesses(1619). Only 60of 1st 900colonistssurvived.

Virginia Southern John Smith 1607

New William EJReligious MayflowerPlymouth England Bradford freedom for Compact. Led by

Separatists William BradfordSet up as Dutch

New York Middle Peter 1626 Trade and colony, takenMinuit profits over by English

in 1664r: Led by JohnReligious- Massachusetts New John 1630 freedom for Winthrop.Bay England Winthrop Puritans 18,000 settlers

by 1642Escape forthose Puritan

New New John 1630 constricted by harshness ledHampshire England Mason religious and these settlers

economic north and inland.rules

GeorgeMiddle Calvert

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1634Religiousfreedom forCatholics

Founded byGeorge Calvert.Slow growing(only 600 by1650. MarylandToleration Act(1649)

Maryland

New Thomas FlEngland Hooker 1636 Reliqlcus andeconomic

Leaders ofMassachusettsasked Hooker

Connecticut

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I ILJI "ILJlfreedom Iand followers toleave.

New Roger EJReligious Williams set upRhode Island most tolerantEngland Williams freedom colony

EJ Established by

Delaware Peter 1638 Trade and Sweden; takenMinuit profits by English in

1664North Carolina ISouthernl Group of E:JTrade and Joint business

proprietors profits venture

IMiddle IEstablished by

New Jersey Lord 1660 Trade and Sweden; takenBerkeley profits by English in

1664South ISouthernl Group of

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Trade and IRice major crop. ICarolina proprietors profits

Religious Originally

freedom for Quaker, this

Pennsylva nia Middle William 1682 Quakers; colony becamePenn trade and home to many

profits Europeanimmigrants

Debtor colony.Buffer forSpanish

James coloniesGeorgia Southern Oglethorpe 1733 Restrictions on

blacks,size ofplantationskept colonysmall.

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