COLONY
Virginia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
YEAR
FOUNDED
1607
1618 (1664)
1620 (1630
by
Winthrop)
ROYAL
COLONY
1624
1702
1691
RELATIONSHIP
WITH NATIVES
It was not fairly
poor with the
exception of John
Rolfe receiving
aid from
Pocohontas of the
Powhatans.
The Quakers
were very
peaceful with
local tribes
Pilgrims were
peaceful
PRIMARY RELIGION
REASONS FOUNDED
ESTABLISHED
GOVERNMENT/S
Mainly Anglican but
Protestants, Catholics,
Jews, Baptists and
Methodists also
existed,
Jamestown was
mainly founded as a
business venture in
hopes to establish
trade like the French
and Dutch had
previously done in the
New World.
House of
Burgesses
-First
representative
government in the
new world.
-VA Company
still held majority
power
The Concessions
were established
by Carteret:
reflected Puritan
belief
-Execution was a
possibility
-Free land was
given to those
with adequate
supplies
Mixture, mainly
Puritan. No
Catholicism. Quakers
started in NJ.
Puritan
Charles gave the land
to his brother James,
Duke of York who
gave it to Carteret and
Lord Berkeley
Religious Freedom
sought by the Pilgrims
Mayflower
Compact
established by the
Pilgrims
Winthrop
established the
General Court:
Men who attended
church could vote,
elected officials
LEADER OF
COLONY
John Smith
&
John Rolfe
Philip Cartet
William Bradford
&
John Winthrop
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New York (New
Netherlands)
162
1623 (1664
by William
Penn)
1679
Pennsylv
ania
never
became a
Royal
Colony
and
remained
a
proprieta
ry colony
until the
revolutio
n.
1617 (1624)
1624
Fair, there is little
mention of trade
or fighting
between
inhabitants and
natives
Local natives
liked William
Penn a lot.
People the
natives liked
were told they
‘were like
William Penn’ as
a compliment
The Dutch often
took over land
owned by natives
and as a result,
petty kidnapping
and theft was
common. Local
Esopus tribe was
nearly wiped out
Puritan, which led to
Massachusetts trying
to claim the land of
N.H.
Quaker
Mixed
Colonized for
commercial interests
such as fishing, fur
trade, and timber
Gorges and Mason
Colonized after
William Penn received
a land charter from the
king that settled a debt
to his deceased father
Penn wanted to have
land for the Quakers to
worship and practice
their beliefs
Frame of
Government
(Multiple attempts
were drafted
before it was
accepted)
-Ideas of
legislative bodies
of different sizes
-Included a
governor
-Had ideas of
checks and
balances
The Dutch settled the
area trying to establish
a fur trade. England
wanted to unite their
colonies in New
England and in the
south so they targeted
New Amsterdam and
also the growing
economy of the area
A patroon system
was created for the
Dutch whereby
people could come
over and rule a
piece of land if
they had the
money to bring
people
William Penn
Peter Stuyvesant
And
James, Duke of
York
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
1634
1635
1636
1719
1662
1663
Natives and the
inhabitants of
Maryland got
along very well.
Much like
William Penn,
Calvert was
polite and did
business with
natives
Relations with
natives were
relatively
peaceful and
they traded with
one another
Went from
good to bad.
Williams
believed in
buying land
rightfully then
other English
took many
natives as
prisoners.
The majority religion
was Protestant and
then Catholic. By the
revolutionary period
the main religion had
become Anglican
The major religion
in New Haven and
Connecticut was
Puritan
Every religion was
represented in
Rhode Island
-Refer to worksheet
with different dates
of foundations
The colony of
Maryland was a
proprietary colony
founded with hopes of
establishing feudalism
in America
House of
Delegates was
made up of a
lower and upper
chamber. The bicameral system
would be used
later on in the
founding of the
constitution
Thomas Hooker
believed that people
should have more
power and voting
privileges unlike
Winthrop in Mass.
Bay.
The
Fundamental
Orders were the
first constitution
of the western
world.
Roger Williams and
Anne Hutchinson
believed that land in
the New World
needed to be bought
in a legitimate way
from natives
The original
charter laid out
some basic rules
that governed
Rhode Island
until 1843
Calvert
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
and Anne
Hutchinson
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
1638
1653
1670
1733
1682
Violent
relations. The
Dutch went to
war over a tin
plate and were
wiped out.
1729
Violent as
shown in the
1711 massacre.
White settlers
then purged
local Native
American tribes
1729
Same as N.C.
Wars with the
Yamassee tribe
also decimated
natives
1752
More so than
natives, Georgia
clashed with
Spanish forces
in Florida
Various religions
Various religions.
Quakers and
Huguenots. Some
even tried to
established the
Church of England
Same as N.C.
Various religions,
including Catholics.
A lot of people in
Georgia were
working to pay off
debts or for
committing crimes
The Duke’s
Laws: Similar to
New York’s
laws
Gustavus
Adolphus and
later William
Penn
The
Fundamental
Constitutions or
Grand Model
failed.
Lord Ashley
Cooper, Earl of
Shaftesbury
The colony was
separated in 1729
after the land was
given back to the
crown because it
was too difficult for
owners to govern
Same as N.C.
William Sayle
made the first
English
settlement in
1670
The land was
granted to provide a
military buffer
between English and
Spanish colonies
In the beginning
the people had
no say in
government.
Trustees of the
colony made all
decisions
The Swedish wanted
to develop a colony
free of slavery and
as a haven for
persecuted
Christians
People from Virginia
established the colony.
In the case of Carolina
these were the eight
"Lords Proprietors" who
were given this massive
land grant in 1663, for
their assistance in
restoring the monarchy
after the Rule of
Cromwell and the
English Civil War, and
their help in placing
Charles II on the throne
James
Oglethorpe