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Thirteen Colonies

  • Founding of Jamestown

    Jamestown was founded the year of 1607 and was founded by London Company.
    Jamestown was the first permanent English Settlement in America.
  • Founding of New York

    New York was founded in 1613 by the Dutch. Later , an English Director General Peter Stuyvesant captured New York.
    The purpose of coloy; trading post for exchanging with Iroquois.
    Religious tolerance brought Jews, French Huguenots, Puritans. England captured New York.
  • Founding of Massachusetts - Plymoth

    Founder were Pilgrims & Puritans
    Purpose of Colony was religion freedom; freedom of Persecuton
    Detail or important fact was that the Mayflower Compact (One man; One vote) - The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower created the Mayflower Compact. This agreement to form a government.
  • Founding of New Hampshire

    Founder was John Mason, in the year of 1623.
    Purpose of colony was to create a fishing colony
    Detail or important fact Exeter Company
  • Founding of Virginia

    Founded by London Company
    Type of Colony was Royal
    Purpose of Colony was the expand the English empire
  • Founding of Massachusetts - Bay Colony

    Founders were pilgrims & puritants
    Purpose of Colony was religion freedom
    Detail or important fact was Direct Democracy
  • Founding of Maryland

    Founded by Lords Batimore II
    Type of Colony was proprietary
    Purpose of Colony was the refuge for English Catholics
  • Founding of Rhode Island

    Founder was Roger Williams
    Purpose of Colony was religious freedom
    Detail or important fact was church & state seperation
    This colony was the first to guarantee all its citizens freedom of worship.
  • Founding of Connecticut

    The day of the founding was in the year of 1662.
    The founder of the colony of Connecticut in 1662 was John Winthrope.
    A detail or imporatnt fact was that there were fundamental orders of Connecticut.
  • Founding of Carolinas

    Founded in 1663 by King Charles II
    In 1712 they split and they were propietary colony
    Later, in 1729 Carolinas split as North America and South Carolina and became royal colonies
  • Founding of New York - 1664

    To begin, it wasn't any founder but apperantely Peter Stuyvesant captured New York in 1664.
  • Founding of New Jersey

    The colony of New Jersey was founded n 1664 by Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkely. It was given as a gift for Berkely and Carteret. It had diverse population; one part of New York diverse.
  • New Hampshire

    Founder - John Wheelright
    Purpose of the colony - Religious freedom
    Detail or important fact - Plan for government
    By the way, the colony of New Hampshire became a royal colony in 1679
  • Founding of Pennsylvania

    Conversely, Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 by William Penn and the Quakers. On the other hand, it was a safe place where Quakers can live. Quakers were a very large religious groups, and it They all supported nonviolence and religious tolerance for all people.
  • Founding of Delaware

    Founder of Delaware was William Penn and he discover Delaware in 1682. It was a gift from the Duke from York.
  • Founding of North Carolina

    Founded by Virginia Colonists and as well King Charles II
    Type of colony which was propietary
  • Founding of South Carlonia

    Founded by King Charles II in 1712.
    Purpose of the colony , refuge for debtors buffer.
  • North Carolina Becomes Royal

    Type of Colony - 1729
  • South Carolina Becomes Royal

    Type of Colony was royal
    Purpose of colony ; was very hard to govern
  • Founding of Georgia

    Founded by General James Oglethrope
    Type of colony was propietary in 1732 and in 1752 Georgia became a royal colony; which by the way there was new laws.
    The purpose of the colony was for refuge for debtors buffer.