Michael Folz Colonies Project Bell #2

By folzy

  • Jamestown, Virginia

    Virginia had rich soil which was good for farming.

  • Virginia

    They were founded by the virginia company and they expected to get rich quick.

  • Massachusetts

    They thought hard work was a way to honor God.

  • Maryland

    They had large tobacco plantations which relied on indentured servants for labor.

  • Rhode Island

    Founded by Rogger Williams who was a Puritan dissenter.

  • Conneticut

    They expanded voting rights to men outside the church.

  • New York

    They were a very diverse colony since they welcomed outcasts from other colonys.

  • New Jersy

    Tried to attract people with representation in govornment, large land grants, and religious freedom.

  • New Hampshire

    They had a representative self govornment.

  • Pennnylvania

    They tried to make rules which extended religious freedom and equality to all.

  • North Carolina

    Founded by colonists who wanted a new govornment, and relied on huge slave labor on toacco plantations.

  • Delaware

    They made their money from shiping and farming.

  • South Carolina

    Were the richest people in the colonies because of huge slave labor.

  • Georgia

    First founded by James Ogelthorp as a place were poor people could start over again. Later, the colonists legalized slavery and over threw Ogelthorp because they wanted to get rich.