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Settling the Colonies
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Jamestown-The Virginia Colony
Jamestown was founded in 1607. Settlers there faced many hardships but John Smith helped Jamestown survive. -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts was founded by John Winthrop -
Maryland
Maryland was settled by Cecil Calvert. -
Connecticut
Settled by Thomas Hooker and others who were looking for good farmland and more religious freedom from the Puritans. -
Rhode Island
Settled by Roger Williams and where Anne Hutchinson and her family also settled. *State building in Rhode Island. -
New York
New York was settled by Samuel de Champlain -
New Jersey
The Duke of York gave New Jersey to his two friends, John Berkeley and George Carteret. They offered cheap land in order for more people to come to New Jersey. -
New Hampshire
Settled by a Scottish settler named David Thomson. **Forest in New Hampshire. -
Pennsylvania
Settled by William Penn, a Quaker who was the prioprietor of Pennsylvania. **Penn state building -
Delawear
William Penn also became the propritor of Delaware. **good farmland -
North Carolina
Settled by King James and the 8 Aristocrats. In 1712 the Carolinas split. **African slaves preparing tobacco. -
South Carolina
Settled by King James and the 8 aristocrats who rulled all the colonist at the time. The Carolina Colony soon became hard to goven and was split into two new colonies. **Rice plantation in South Carolina -
Georgia
Settled by James Oglethorpe **typical Georgia fields
