1. New Colonies Emerge

2. Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams after he was banished from Massachusetts
Disagreed with Puritan intolerance and other beliefs

3. Maryland Given to Lord Baltimore (city of Baltimore?!)
Created religious haven for Catholics facing persecution in Europe

4. Pennsylvania Charter given to William Penn (PENNsylvania?!)
Created a religious haven for Quakers
Pacifists (opposed war and violence)
Every male settler given 50 acres of land and right to vote
Freedom of Religion
Representative Assembly to govern
Capital city at Philadelphia (“City of Brotherly Love”)

5. New York City= Good Port
Originally settled by the Dutch and named New Amsterdam
English decide they want it, so they take it
Duke of York leads the takeover (New YORK?!)
New York City= Good Port

6. Georgia (1732)
James Oglethorpe created a refuge for imprisoned debtors (OGELTHORPE UNIVERSITY?!)
If you owed money in Great Britain, you could be sent to Georgia to work and pay off your debts
British government used Georgia as a buffer between the rest of the English colonies and Spanish Florida