Timeline image 13 colonies

The13 Colonies

  • Virgina:John Smith.To find gold

  • Massachusetts William Bradford & John Winthorp. To form communities where they could foloow the rules of the bible and serve thier god

  • Maryland:Cecilius Calvert. As a refuge for catholics

  • Connecticut:Thomas Hooker. For religous freedom

  • Delaware:William Penn. So all christans could live together in peace.

  • Rhode Island:Roger Williams.Their people could worship freely.also kept the goverment seperate from the church

  • North Carolina:Eight lord proprietors. To help england control southeastern north america

  • South Carolina:Eight different english investors. To help england control southeastern north america

  • New York Peter Minuit. To make money for their colony

  • New Hampshire: Ferinando gorges John Mason. So settelers could earn money by fishing

  • Pennsylvania: William Penn. So all christans could live together in peace

  • New Jersey :John Berkely George Carteret. East Jersey West Jersey came together too form New Jersey

  • Georiga:James Oglethorpe. to help debtors and other poor people