The 13 Colonies- Zorin Stubbs-Guerra

New England Colonies

Massachusetts: Founded in 1630 by William Bradford and John Winthrop to escape religious persecution in England.

Connecticut: Founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker for farming, trade, and political freedom.

Rhode lsland: Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams to establish colony for people of all religions.

New Hampshire: Founded in 1679 by John Wheelwright for trade and fishing.

Resources for these colonies: rich forests, harbors, boatyards, fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, and furs for trading

Middle Colonies(The Breadbasket Colonies)

New York: Founded in 1664 by The Duke of York as a colony over by captured dutch territory.

New Jersey: Founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and George Carteret as a colony over by captured dutch territory.

Pennsylvania: Founded in 1682 by William Penn to establish quaker colony in North America.

Delaware: Founded in 1704 by William Penn for trade and farming.

Resources for these colonies: natural harbors, grain, and farm animals

Southern Colonies

Virginia: Founded in 1607 by John Smith to establish an English colony in North America in search of gold.

Maryland: Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore to establish refuge to Catholics in North America.

North Carolina: Founded in 1729 by William Berkeley for farming.

South Carolina: Founded in 1729 by Anthony Ashley-Cooper for farming.

Georgia: Founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors, colony between Carolinas and Florida.

Resources for these colonies: farming land, tobacco, rice, and indigo.