Directions
• Come in and get the FOUR sheets of paper off
the bookshelf.
• Grab ONE index card
• Turn in your reading ASSIGNMENT from
yesterday that you took home.
The 13 Colonies
Explorations by England
How and
why were
the other
English
colonies
founded?
Rhode Island, 1636
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Roger Williams left Massachusetts in
1636 to start his own new colony.
Based on the principle of religious
tolerance since he was not able to
worship as he wanted to in
Massachusetts.
Anne Hutchinson also went to Rhode
Island
She believed that God spoke to
everyone, not just clergy.
She also held religious discussions.
She was found guilty of lying after
saying God had spoken to her.
She was banished from Massachusetts.
Connecticut, 1636
• Founded by: Thomas
Hooker, a former
Massachusetts colonist.
• He established selfgovernment in the
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut (1639).
• This document provided
a basis for future
governing in the colony.
New Hampshire, 1623
• New Hampshire was a
planned colony.
• Captain John Mason
sent settlers to explore
the new land from
Hampshire County,
England.
• It was intended to be a
fishing colony.
New York, 1664
• New York was originally
New Netherland.
• Under British control New
Netherland became New
York.
Pennsylvania, 1643
• Pennsylvania was founded for
the Quakers, a group of
Protestants who opposed war.
• Unlike other areas where settlers
took land from the Native
Americans, the Quakers
negotiated peacefully.
• William Penn, the founder of
Pennsylvania, gave the colony a
written constitution that limited
the government, had fair penal
code and guaranteed many civil
liberties to the citizens.
William Penn
founded
Pennsylvania.
This image
shows Penn
negotiating
a treaty with
the Native
Americans.
William Penn’s treaty with the Indians (1775),
John Hall, after Benjamin West
Maryland, 1632
• Founded by Lord Baltimore in 1632.
• He began the colony as a home for Catholics.
Delaware and New Jersey
Delaware
• Taken from the Dutch by
the English in 1664.
• Later separated from
Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
New Jersey
• Taken from the Dutch by
the English in 1664.
• Later separated from
Delaware.
The Carolinas, 1663
• The Carolinas were established for economic
reasons.
• King Charles II gave land to 8 nobles and they
hoped to draw settlers from Virginia to the
Carolinas in order to grow more tobacco to sell
to England.
• In 1712 the Carolinas were divided into North
and South Carolina.
North Carolina
• In 1729, North Carolina
became a royal colony.
• North Carolina became
very important for the
navy because of its
supplies like tar, pitch
and turpentine. All of
which are made from
pine trees.
South Carolina
• South Carolina was mostly
made up of large plantations.
• The plantation owners
purchased large amounts of
enslaved Africans to work on
the plantations as field
workers.
• The city of Charleston
became a major shipping port
for exporting cash crops like
rice and indigo and for
importing slaves.
Georgia, 1733
• Georgia was established
as a colony for
imprisoned debtors and
convicts from England.
• James Oglethorpe
established the colony.
What problems do you
think Georgia might
have faced in the
beginning as a home for
debtors and convicts?
A different way to look at the founders
and dates of the 13 colonies…
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