Social Studies
The 13 Original Colonies
All 5th graders in California should know:
5.4 Students understand the political,
religious, social, and economic institutions that
evolved in the colonial era.
 1. Understand the influence of location and physical
setting on the founding of the original 13 colonies,
and identify on a map the locations of the colonies.
All 5th graders should know: (cont)
2. Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the
founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding
(e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William
Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford,
Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts).
 3.
Describe the religious aspects of the earliest colonies (e.g.,
Puritanism in Massachusetts, Anglicanism in Virginia, Catholicism
in Maryland, Quakerism in Pennsylvania).
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The 13 colonies include:
Virginia
founded in 1607 by the London
company.
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In 1606, the London Company was given a permission
by King James I to found colonies in America. The
company was under the command of Capt. Christopher
Newport , who founded (1607) Jamestown in
Virginia. This was the first English settlement in the
original 13 colonies of the new America!
Massachusetts
Puritans.
Who
founded in 1620 by the
came because of religious
persecution.
New
Hampshire founded in 1623
John Wheelwright.
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Wheelwright was born
in England in 1592
Who later became a Puritan.
 Maryland
was founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore.
Baltimore was knighted by King James in
1617. In 1619, he was commissioned one
of the principal Secretaries of State.
Connecticut
was founded in 1635 by
Thomas Hooker.
 Thomas
Hooker was born into a PURITAN from England.
When he came to Americans he became a talented preacher
of the people.
Rhode
Island was founded in 1636 by
Roger Williams.
Delaware
was founded in 1638 by
peter Minuit and the new Sweden
company.
North Carolina was founded in 1653 by the
Virginians.
South
Carolina was founded by Eight
Nobles with a Royal Charter from
Charles II in 1663.
New
Jersey was founded by Lord Berkeley
and Sir George Carteret in 1664.
In
1664, New York was founded by
the Duke of York. The state gets its
name from the Duke.
Pennsylvania was founded in 1682 by William Penn.
 Penn
was a Quaker who was educated at one of the most
prestigious colleges in the world, OXFORD.
Remember Quaker Oats…
Georgia
was founded in 1732 by
James Edward Oglethorpe.
Oglethorpe who was also from
England.
And that’s all the 13 colonies!
We
will learn more these next few
weeks.
For more information go to
www.socialstudiesforkids.com/article
s/ushistory/13colonies1.htm