13 Colonies

13 Colonies

• Virginia• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• New York• Maryland• Rhode Island• Connecticut

• Delaware• North Carolina• Pennsylvania• Georgia• New Jersey• South Carolina

Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic• New England• Southern

Mid-Atlantic

• New York• Maryland• Delaware• New Jersey• Pennsylvania

Why did they come?

• Freedom of religion attracted Europeans• Make money working in shipyards and

ironworks• Varied economy with more small scale

manufacturing– Farms – wheat, other grains– Factories – iron– Factories – paper and textiles

Province of New York

• Named in honor of James “The Duke of York”

• Founded by the Dutch in 1664• Changed hands several times• Later became New York and Vermont• Proprietary Colony • First settlers were Dutch fur traders and

farmers• Furs, Grain

Province of Maryland

• Named for Queen Henrietta Maria• Founded in 1632 by the English• Was a haven for persecuted Roman

Catholics• Tobacco • Proprietary Colony

Delaware County

• Named for Lord De La Warr• Settled by the Dutch in 1638• First to ratify the Constitution• Founded by Peter Minuit and the New

Sweden Company• Proprietary Colony

Province of New Jersey

• Named in honor of George Carteret • Established by Lord Berkeley and Sir George

Carteret• Hot humid summers, cold winters• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were Dutch fur traders and farmers• Grain• Was a Dutch trading post

Province of Pennsylvania

• Founded by William Penn in 1681• “Penn’s Woods”• Had chosen the name New Wales• King Charles II gave it to William Penn to

repay a debt he owed to William’s father• Proprietary Colony• First Settlers – Quakers

New England

• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Rhode Island• Connecticut

Why did they come?

• Keep family units – independence• Practice own religion• Farming and dishing communities• People grew own food and made own

clothes and shoes

Province of Massachusetts Bay

• Indian word for “at the big wheel”• Founded in 1620• Founded by Pilgrims• 2nd settlement founded• Became Massachusetts and Maine• Charter Colony

Province of New Hampshire

• Named for English county of Hampshire• Founded in 1629• Founded by John Wheelright• Given by King James I to John Mason• Proprietary Colony• First settlers were fishermen, Puritan

exiles from Massachusetts

Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation

• Dutch word for “red island”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Roger Williams• Religious freedom – Puritan dissenters• Produce – Lumber – fish• First colony to guarantee freedom of

worship• Charter Colony

Connecticut Colony

• Became first colony with a written form of government

• Indian word for “at the long tidal river”• Founded in 1636• Founded by Thomas Hooker• Charter Colony

Southern

• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

Why did they come?

• Wealth seekers• Mostly single men who started families as

fortunes grew• Agricultural • Plantations• Tobacco, rice, indigo

Colony and Dominion of Virginia

• Mother of Presidents• Names for Queen Elizabeth “The Virgin Queen”• Founded in 1585 by The London Company -

Walter Raleigh• 1st settlement• Later became Virginia, West Virginia, and

Kentucky• Charter Colony• First Settlers adventurers, tobacco planters• Majority of early immigrants died of disease

Province of South Carolina and Province of North Carolina

• Founded in 1633 by King Charles I• Named for Charles I• Carolus is Latin for Charles • Granted to 8 English lords by King Charles I and then

divided• Edward “Blackbeard” Teach hid out in the Carolinas

after robbing ships. He was killed by a Virginia Lt. in 1718

• Later became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

• Proprietary colony• Tobacco, rice, grain• First Settlers – Tobacco Planters

Province of Georgia

• Named in honor of King George• Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe• Founded in place of a debtor’s prison• Had many troubles with pirates and

Indians• Last of the 13 colonies to be set up• First Settlers were Prison reformers• Proprietary Colony