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Virginia colony was founded by joint stock companies so it was not really owned by one person.
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Massachusetts was also founded by a joint stock company so no one peson really owned Massachusetts
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Maine and New Hampsire were divided between John Mason and Ferdinando Geoges. Mason named his land New Hampsire, it later became a sseperate colony.
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New York was founded by the Duke of York and part of it was later given to two his friends. That chunk of land became New Jersey
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Maryland was given the righ to build by King Charles the first and he gave the right to build it to Lord Baltimore.
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Conneticut was founded by Thomas Hooker and about one hundered other men. Hooker believed that every church should be independant.
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Rhode Island was founded by Thomas Hooker. The Narragannsett allowed him to stay on their land int urn he paid them, therefore he founded Rhode Island.
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Delaware was also founded by the Duke of York but was given to William Penn as a gift for a friend
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New Jersey was founded by the Duke of York and was given to Sir George Cateret and Lord John Berkeley. New Jersey used to be part of New York.
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Carolina was started when King George the second gave eight men a charter to start the colony of Carolina. Carolina was later divided into North and South Carolina
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Pennsilvania was founded King Charles the second and was given to William Penn, Penn named it Pennsilvania which means ¨Penns woods¨
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Geogia was started when General James Ogelthorpe received a charter to start a colony so he named his colony georgia after King George the second.