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Delaware
Major industry: fishing , lumbering
Founded: 1638
Founders: Peter Minuit and others
Became a state: December 7, 1787 -
Pennsylvania
Major industry: wheat , corn, dairy
Founded:1682
Founders: William Penn and others
Became a state: December 12, 1787 -
New Jersey
Major Industry: ironworking, lumbering
Founded: 1664
Founders: English colonists
Became a state: December 18, 1787 -
Georgia
Major industry: indigo, rice, sugar
Founded: 1732
Founder: James Oglethorpe
Became a state: January 2, 1788 -
Massachusetts
Major industry: fishing , corn, lumbering.
Founded: 1630
Founder: John Winthrop
Became a state February 6, 1788 -
Connecticut
Major industry: wheat, corn, fishing
Founded: 1636
Founder: Thomas Hooker and others
Became a state: February 6, 1788 -
Maryland
Major industry: rice , indigo, corn, wheat
Founded: 1633
Founders: Lord Baltimore and others
Became a state: April 25, 1788 -
South Carolina
Major industry: indigo, tobacco, cotton, rice
Founded: 1663
Founders: English colonists
Became a state: May 23, 1788 -
New Hampshire
Major Industry: potatoes , fishing , textiles
Founded: 1638
Founder: John Wheelwright
Became a state: June 21, 1788 -
Virginia
Major industry: tobacco, corn , wheat
Founded: 1607
Founders: John Smith and others
Became a state: June 25, 1788 -
New York
Major industry: iron works, cattle, grain , rice
Founded: 1626
Founder: Peter Minuit
Became a state: July 26, 1788 -
North Carolina
Major industry: indigo, rice , tobacco
Founded: 1653
Founders: Virginia colonists
Became a state: November 21, 1789 -
Rhode Island
Major industry: fishing , dairy
Founded: 1636
Founder: Roger Williams
Became a state: May 29, 1790
