13 colonies By smahan2020 Period: Jan 1, 1606 to Jan 1, 1734 13 colonies Jan 1, 1607 Virginia; John Smith; To find gold. Jan 1, 1630 Massachusetts; William Brandford and John Withrop; To form Conneticut. Jan 1, 1632 Maryland; Cecilius Calvert; As a refuge for Catholics. Jan 1, 1636 Conneticut; Thomas Hooker; For religouse freedom. Jan 1, 1638 Delaware;William Penn; To go from Pennsylvania and find a passageway to Alantic Ocean. Jan 1, 1647 Rhode Island;Roger Williams; there people could worship freely. Also kept government seperate from the church. Jan 1, 1663 North Carolina; Eight lord propetieros. Jan 1, 1664 New York; Peter Minuit; For good weather to grow crops. Jan 1, 1664 New Jersey; John Berkeley and George Carteret; East New Jersey and West New Jersey came together and made New Jersey. Jan 1, 1680 New Hampsher; Fertinando Gorges and John Masen; Earn money by fishing. Jan 1, 1681 Pennsylvania; William Penn; Religouse reasons. Jan 1, 1712 South Carolina; Eight different English inventers Jan 1, 1733 Georgia; James Edward Oglethorpe; To help debtors and other poor people.
