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English Colonies in N. America
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11th Grade
04/30/2009

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Jamestown
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Founded by: VA Company in 1607
Significance: First permanent English Colony
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Plymouth
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Founded by: Pilgrims in 1620
Significance: Mayflower Compact
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Massachusetts Bay
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Founded by: Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
Significance: Puritans
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Maryland
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Founded by: Lord Baltimore in 1634
Significance: First proprietary colony; only Catholic colony
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Rhode Island
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Founded by: Roger Williams in 1636
Significance: Religious Toleration
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Connecticut
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Founded by: Thomas Hooker 1636
Significance: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Delaware
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Founded by: Sweden in 1638
Significance: under English rule until 1664
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Carolinas
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Founded by: Proprietary
Significance: North and South given separate charters in the 18th century
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New York
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Founded by: Duke of York
Significance: Under Dutch control as New Amsterdam from 1621 to 1664
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New Hampshire
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Founded by: John Mason
Significance: Royal charter in 1679
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New Jersey
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Founded by: Berkeley and Carteret
Significance: Overshadowed by NY
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Pennsylvania
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Founded by: William Penn
Significance: Proprietary colony; settled by Quakers
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Georgia
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Founded by James Oglethorpe
Significance: Bugger against Spanish Florida
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