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Founding of Virginia
First permanent colony founded in north America.
Far stretching, spread out plantations.
Tobacco and other cash crops.
House of burgesses. -
Founding of New York
Very diverse.
ruled by dutch Stuyvesent.
Platoonship system. -
Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Small, tightly knit villages, very religious.
Fish, lumber, and ship building.
Small town assemblies, religious leaders. -
Founding of New Hampshire
absorbed my Massachusetts. -
Founding of Maryland
Religious tolerance of Catholics.
Controlled by Lord Baltimore.
Tobacco and other cash crops. -
Connecticut
Mostly Mass emigrants.
Local government of Puritans -
Founding of Rhode Island.
Religious tolerance and seperation from English church.
Controlled by Roger Williams.
Similar economy as MA -
Founding of North Carolina.
Poor farmers from other colonies on small farms.
Self suficient.
Democratic. -
South Carolina
Large stretched out plantations.
Tabacco and other cash crops.
Very Aristocratic. -
Founding of New Jersey.
Quakers purchased land of owner.
Peaceful, anti-authority.
Grain and fur trade.