1. The 13 Colonies

2. New England Colonies Massachusetts Date: 1630 Founder: John Winthrop
Reason for settlement: Religious freedom

3. New England Colonies New Hampshire Date: 1623
Founder: John Wheelwright
Reason for settlement: Religious freedom & trade

4. New England Colonies Rhode Island Date: 1636 Founder: Roger Williams
Reason for settlement: Religious freedom

5. Connecticut New England Colonies Date: 1633 Founder: Thomas Hooker
Reason for settlement: Religious and political freedom

6. Middle Colonies New Jersey Date: 1660
Founders: George Berkley & William Carteret
Reasons for settlement: trade & land

7. Jersey

8. New York Middle Colonies Date: 1624 Founder: James II ( Duke of York)
Reasons for settlement: trade and land

9. Delaware Middle Colonies Date: 1638 Founder: William Penn
Reasons for settlement: self-government & trade

10. Middle Colonies Pennsylvania Date: 1643 Founder: William Penn
Reasons for settlement: religious & political freedom
( Quakers)

11. Southern Colonies Virginia Date: 1607 Founder: John Smith
Reasons for settlement: trade & land

12. Southern Colonies Maryland Date: 1634 Founder: George Calvert
( Lord Baltimore)
Reason for settlement: Roman Catholic settlement & land

13. Maryland

14. Carolinas Southern Colonies Date: 1653 ( south in 1670)
Founders: John Cooper &
Sir Anthony Ashley
Reason for settlement: trade & land

15. Georgia Southern Colonies Date: 1733 Founder: James Oglethorpe
Reasons for settlement: home for debtors, buffer against Spanish Florida.