1. 13 Colonies Foldable Chart Information

2. New England Colonies Climate: COLD!!!! Long, harsh winters
Geography: rocky soil, small amounts of land
Economy: Fishing, ship building, trade, whaling, lumber
Subsistence farming: farming for yourself and family to eat. Not to sell!

3. Massachusetts Key Info Governance: Founded in: 1620
Founded by: John Winthrop
Purpose: Religious freedom (to escape religious persecution)
Religion: Puritan: very strict way of life. Several people got mad and left or were kicked out.
Governance:
Mayflower Compact: social contract signed before Pilgrims got off boat. It established self government.
Boston, Massachusetts became an important port city

4. Connecticut Key Info Governance: Founded in: 1635
Founded by: Thomas Hooker
Purpose: Religious freedom (Didn’t like way of life in Massachusetts)
Governance:
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: First written constitution in America. Didn’t require a certain religion or property ownership!
Thomas Hooker

5. Rhode Island Key Info Purpose: Founded in: 1636
Founded by: Roger Williams
many of the colonists had been kicked out of Massachusetts
Purpose: Religious freedom (Didn’t like way of life in Massachusetts)
Purpose:
First place in America where people could worship freely. (No religion was any greater than another)

6. New Hampshire Key Info Founded in: 1623 Founded by: John Mason
Founded for: Religious freedom
Was a part of Mass. until 1791

7. John Winthrop Massachusetts William Bradford /Puritans Colony Name
Founder/Religion
Year
Purpose
Geography/Climate
Economy
Massachusetts
(Plymouth)
John Winthrop
William Bradford
/Puritans
Religious freedom( for themselves, government tied to church)
1620
Mayflower Compact – 1st Self Government = “A Civil Body Politick”
Puritan Town Hall Meetings
Rocky Soil
Short Growing Season
Heavily Wooded
Cold
Swift Rivers
Subsistence Farming – Growing only enough to feed you and your family
Whaling, Fishing, Lumber,
Shipbuilding, & Trade
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
Puritan
(Left Massachusetts because of the theocracy)
Religious & Political Freedom
1635
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – Separated Church and State (Non – church members could vote)
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Puritan (Thrown out of Massachusetts because they disagreed about religious doctrine)
Religious Freedom
1636
 Religious freedom
New Hampshire
John Mason
1623
(Was part of Massachusetts until 1791)

8. The Middle Colonies Climate: mild climate
Geography: flat land, fertile soil, swift rivers, wide valleys
Economy: small farms, mining, lumber, livestock, craftsmen
Staple Crops: Wheat, Oats, and Grains (The Bread Basket Colonies)

9. New York Key Info: Important Facts: Purpose founded in1626
for economic reasons
Founded by: Peter Minuit/Dutch
English took over in
1664.
Important Facts:
Excellent natural harbor- England took over the colony for the good harbor
Lucrative (very good) trade

10. New Jersey Key Info: Important Facts:
Founder: Lord Berkely; Sweden
Founded in: 1660 for economic reasons (trade). English took over in 1664
Important Facts:
No natural harbors – trade wasn’t good
Offered free land to attract settlers

11. Pennsylvania Key Info Important Facts:
Founded in: 1682 for religious freedom
Founded by: William Penn
Religion: Quakers-peace loving people. Didn’t believe in war or slavery. Supported women’s rights.
Important Facts:
Founded as a religious experiment (“Penn’s Holy Experiment)
Practiced religious tolerance

12. Delaware Key Info Founded in: 1638 for economic reasons
Founded by: Swedish settlers
Purpose: Trade and profit

13. Southern Colonies
Climate: HOT! Long Spring/Summer and short mild winters
Geography: Lots of good farm land, very fertile soil
Economy: AGRICULTURE! AGRICULTURE!
AGRICULTURE!
Cash Crops: Rice, Cotton, and Tobacco

14. Virginia Key Info: Important Facts
Founded in 1607 for economic reasons
Founded by: Virginia Company
Cash crop of tobacco! Tobacco saved the colony of Virginia
Important Facts
First colony (Jamestown, Virginia 1607)
Virginia House of Burgesses: First representative government
Lots of disease from mosquitoes.

15. North Carolina Key Info Important facts Founded in: 1660’s
Founded by: 8 aristocrats
Founded for: economic reasons
Important facts
Settled by people from Virginia’s back country. No natural harbor so they had to use South Carolina’s harbor.

16. South Carolina Key Info Important facts Founded in: 1660’s
Founded by: 8 aristocrats
Founded for: economic reasons
Important facts
Rice and indigo were HUGE cash crops!
Depended on slave labor
More lucrative than North Carolina
Charlestown, South Carolina became an important port city

17. Maryland Key Info: Important facts: Founded in: 1634
Founded by: Cecil Calvert
Founded as a safe place for Catholics
Important facts:
Founded for religious reasons

18. Georgia Key Info: Important facts: Founded in: 1733
Founded by: James Oglethorpe
Founded for protection from Spanish Florida, and as a safe place for debtors
Important facts:
Last colony to be founded
Bordered by Spanish Florida

19. PEGS Political Economic Geographic Social
-Georgia was founded to protect the other 12 colonies from Spanish Florida
-Virginia House of Burgesses (1st elected legislative assembly)
-Almost all Southern Colonies were founded for economic reasons
-Cash crops such as rice, indigo, and tobacco
-Warm climate
-Large tracts of land
-Very fertile soil
-Maryland was founded for religious reasons as a safe haven for Catholics
-Georgia was also founded as a place for debtors and the poor to start over