The Original Thirteen Colonies
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Hot Dog
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Founder
Reason
People
Climate/
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Government
New England Colonies
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut
New
Hampshire,
Massachusetts
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Separatist
Pilgrims
William
Bradford
Escape
religious
persecution
Puritans
Fertile land,
rich pasture
Cold
winters
Warm
humid
summers
Farming
Fur
Lumber
shipping
Puritan
Theocracy
(church was
the
government)
Rhode Island
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Economy
Geography
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Roger
Williams
Escape
religious
persecution
White
Europeans
Red clay
soil, hilly,
forests,
large bays,
Colder
winters
Humid
summers
Religious
freedom
Governor and
representative
assembly
Cattle, dairy
farmers
Sustenance
farming,
shipping
Connecticut
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Thomas
Hooker
Escape
religious
persecution
Dutch and
Swedish
settlers
Hilly,
forests
Cold
winters
Mild
summers
Sustenance
farming,
cattle, ship
building,
fishing,
whaling
Puritan
First written
constitution
called the
Fundamental
Orders
Middle Colonies
Founder
Reason
People
Climate/geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/government
 New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New Jersey and
Delaware
New York
Founder
Reason
Samuel Champlain Profit
Henry Hudson
Dutch East India
Company
People
Climate
Geograph
y
Economy Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
European
whites,
mostly
Dutch
Hot
summers
Cold
winters
Swampy
coasts,
mountains,
forests,
rocky
Fur
Religious
Lumber
freedom
Shipping
Slave trade
Corn, flax,
mining
King
appointed
governor
Pennsylvania
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
William
Penn
Escaping
Religious
persecution
English
Quakers
Rolling hills
Fertile soil
Hot
summer,
cold
winters
Farming,
dairy,
lumber,
trades
Religious
Freedom
Selfgovernment,
representative
assembly
Maryland
Founder
Reason
People
George
Calvert
Haven for
Mostly
religious and Catholics
political
freedom
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Largest bay
in U.S. low
and fertile
land, cold
winters, hot
humid
summers
Sustenance
farming,
flax, grains,
lumber,
shipping,
fishing,
cattle, dairy,
iron mining
Mostly
Catholic,
religious
freedom
Representative
government
Southern Colonies
 Hamburger
 Hotdog
 Hotdog
 Hamburger
 Hamburger
Founder
Virginia
Reason
South Carolina
People
Georgia
Climate/geography
North Carolina
Economy
Religion
Politics/government
Virginia
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Sir Walter
Raleigh
Profit
English
Mild winter,
Humid
summers,
low fertile
land, quiet
bays,
western
wooded
mountains
Tobacco
farming
Slave trade,
shipping
Church of
England
Free, white,
land owning
men elected
representatives
to the House
of Burgesses
South Carolina
Founder
Reason
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
8 Lords
Proprietors
(friends of
King
Charles II)
Profit
White
Europeans
Short mild
winters, long
humid hot
summers, low
swampy coasts,
western
wooded
mountains
Farmed
cotton,
tobacco,
indigo and
rice
Religious
freedom
Fundamental
Constitution
of Carolina
Georgia
Founder
Reason
George II
Refuge for
James
the poor
Oglethorpe
People
Climate
Geography
Economy
Religion
Politics/
Gov’t
Debtors
from
English
prisons and
white
Europeans
Short mild
winter
Farming
Cotton,
indigo,
tobacco,
rice
Religious
freedom
Free white male
landowners
elected
representatives
to the common
House of
Assembly