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Pilgrims: 1620Mayflower. Created
Plymouth Colony. Leader
was William Bradford.
Wanted to live a life based
on teachings of the Bible
and escape religious
persecution in England.
Puritans: mid 1620’s
Created Massachusetts
Bay Colony. Leader was
John Winthrop. Very
strict religious
society…they kicked
people out of their colony.
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John Wheelwright in 1638
left the Mass. Bay Colony
and founded Exeter, New
Hampshire.
Other Puritans settled
another area that same
year (F Gorges and John
Mason) It was settled for
religious freedom. It was
named after Hampshire
England, Mason’s former
home in England.
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Created in 1644 by
Roger Williams
because he was kicked
out of the Mass. Bay
Colony. He
befriended the local
natives- he bought
land from the natives.
Rhode Island was
seen as a “safe haven”
due to its toleration of
all religions.
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1636 Thomas Hooker
founded the town of
Hartford. It had
fertile land. Hooker
was a minister that
disagreed with the
Puritans.
First Constitution in
the U.S. called the
Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut.
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First controlled by the
Dutch (Netherlands) and
was called New
Netherlands
England wanted the
colony because of the
great river trade and takes
it over without a fight.
King Charles II gave the
land to his brother- Duke
of York and named it New
York
Very Diverse in its
population of settlers
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Swedes settled the
area then the English
took it over to expand
their trade.
1st Delaware was part
of Pennsylvania, then
with the Charters of
Privileges it was
allowed to have their
own legislature which
will later become
Delaware.
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Founded in 1636 by Lord
Berkley and Carteret
because the Duke of York
gave southern New York
to them.
It was Proprietary colony.
It allowed ethnic and
religious diversity,
representative assembly,
trial by jury and freedom
of religion.
Name after Jersey Island
in England, birth place of
Carteret.
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1682- William Penn
received land from the
King of England to pay
back a loan that Penn’s
father gave to the King.
Penn was a Quaker and
the colony would be a
“Holy Experiment.”
Penn designed the city
of Philadelphia- “City
of Brotherly Love.”
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Jamestown in 1607.
First permanent colony
in North America by the
English.
Wanted to expand the
English empire, make
money/profit.
Farmed Tobacco- need
more workers so
Virginia Company
offered 50 acres of free
land…..colony grew!
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C. Calvert from
England wanted a safe
place for Catholics in
the New World.
Problem: Protestants
outnumbered the
Catholics in Maryland
and made the official
church- the Church of
England in Maryland!
Mason Dixon Line
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King Charles II gave
land to 8 wealthy
(aristocrats) called
Carolina (combined
North & South
Carolina).
Farmland- Indigo
(dye)
1729 created North
Carolina.
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King Charles II gave
land to 8 wealthy
(aristocrats) called
Carolina (combined
North & South
Carolina).
Farming- Rice
Charleston
(Charlestown major sea
port)
1729 became South
Carolina
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1733 James Oglethorpe
created a colony where
debtors in England
could make a fresh start
in the New World.
Georgia was seen as a
protection barrier
between Spanish
Florida and the rest of
the Colonies.
Officially banned
slavery and rum for a
short time.