13 Colonies

By MF25980

  • Virginia is founded

    Virginia is founded by the London Company for economic gains

  • New York is founded

    The dutch buy Manhattan island from the natives and try to settle there. They are taken over by the English at a later time.

  • Massachusetts is founded

    Massachusetts is founded by the pilgrims and puritans for religious freedom.

  • Maryland is founded

    Maryland was founded for Catholic religious freedom by Lord Baltimore

  • Rhode Island is founded

    Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams in 1636 for religious tolerance and separation of church and state.

  • Connecticut is founded

    Connecticut is founded by Thomas Hooker for religious freedom

  • New Hampshire was founded

    New Hamshire was founded as a fishing colony which consisted of land given to John Mason and Fernando Gorges

  • Delaware was founded

    Delaware was founded by the Swedish for economic opportunity

  • North Carolina was founded

    North Carolina was founded for economic opportunity by nobles of the king who were given land

  • South Carolina was founded

    The same way as North Carolina.

  • New Jersey was founded

    Was founded from land given to nobles from the dutch duke of york

  • Pennsylvania was founded

    Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a favor from the king of England for the Quakers to have somewhere they could freely go to practice their faith.

  • Georgia is founded

    Founded by the English to protect the other colonies from Spanish Florida