American Colonies Chart
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Religion AMERICAN COLONIES Government Purpose Establish English colony in New World Royal Trade and profits Corporate Religious freedom for Separatists Proprietary, Trade and then royal profits Corporate Religious freedom for Puritans Colony Roanoke Est. 1585 Region Southern Founder Sir Walter Raleigh Virginia 1607 Southern John Smith Anglican Plymouth 1620 NE William Bradford Puritan New York 1626 Middle Peter Minuit None Massachusetts Bay 1630 NE John Winthrop Puritan New Hampshire 1630 NE John Mason Puritan Corporate, then royal Maryland 1634 Middle George Calvert Proprietary Connecticut 1636 NE Thomas Hooker None (Anglican after 1692) Puritan Corporate Rhode Island 1636 NE Roger Williams None Corporate Delaware 1638 Middle Peter Minuit None Proprietary North Carolina New Jersey 1653 Southern Anglican Proprietary 1660 Middle Group of proprietors Lord Berkeley None Proprietary South Carolina Pennsylvania 1670 Southern 1682 Georgia 1733 Anglican Proprietary Middle Group of proprietors William Penn None Proprietary Southern James Oglethorpe Anglican Royal Escape for those constricted by religious and economic rules Religious freedom for Catholics Religious and economic freedom Religious freedom Trade and profits Trade and profits Trade and profits Trade and profits Religious freedom for Quakers; trade and profits Debtor colony Economics Tobacco Mixed farming Mixed farming, furs Mixed farming, fishing, shipbuilding Mixed Farming Note Colonists disappeared without a trace Founded as joint-stock company. House of Burgesses (1619). Only 60 of 1st 900 colonists survived. Mayflower Compact. Led by William Bradford Set up as Dutch colony, taken over by English in 1664 Led by John Winthrop. 18,000 settlers by 1642 Puritan harshness led these settlers north and inland. Tobacco Founded by George Calvert. Slow growing (only 600 by 1650. Maryland Toleration Act (1649 Mixed farming Leaders of Massachusetts asked Hooker and followers to leave. Mixed farming Williams set up most tolerant colony Established by Sweden; taken by Dutch, then English. Rice Joint business venture Mixed farming Rice Established by Sweden; taken by English in 1664 Wheat, mixed farming Originally Quaker, this colony became home to many European immigrants Rice Buffer for Spanish colonies Originally outlawed slavery and restricted size of land grants to 500 acres Rice major crop.
