Colony and Date Founded - Dr Lou Wangberg殖民地成立日期-博士楼万堡格
Colony and Date Founded Persons Responsible Why Founded How Governed and Owner
Religious freedom and start a Massachusetts William Bradford---Pilgrims Mayflower Compact new life 1621---Pilgrims---Plymouth Colony John Winthrop---Puritans Theocracy
1630—Puritans--Mass. Bay Colony , Plymouth colony merges General Court
with Mass. In 1691 Royal Colony
Dissatisfied with Mass. Bay Rhode Island---1644 Roger Williams Consent of the governed Colony Anne Hutchison Self-governing Colony Religious freedom
Religious freedom----frontier and Connecticut---1662 Rev. Thomas Hooker Fundamental Orders of Conn. settle new areas Self-governing colony
Part of Mass. Bay Colony John Mason
Religious freedom New Hampshire---1679 Sir Ferdinando Gorges Royal colony
Greater opportunity in frontier Came from Mass. Bay Colony
Fur, fishing and lumber industry
English fleet takes New New Netherland---1609 Henry Hudson for Netherlands 1689---English Bill of Rights Amsterdam from Dutch in 1664 New York---1664 Duke of York of England named Representative government and becomes New York City it New York Royal colony
Good harbor for trade
Attract new settlers for Dutch and New Jersey---1702 Indian land—Dutch and Swedish Royal colony
Swedish colonists gift from King Charles II to
brother James---gives to his
friends Lord John Berkeley and
Sir George Carteret
Penn founded for religious Pennsylvania---1681 William Penn Representative government freedom for the Quakers Delaware---1682 Swedes Royal colony
Holy Experiment
Invited all people
Religious toleration—those who Maryland---1634 Lord Baltimore Representative government had a belief in Christ Proprietary colony Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
allowed for persecuted Catholics
to settle in Maryland
North/South Carolina---1663 John Locke Setup a new colony based upon Representative government
8 English nobles social classes Royal colony
Failed and divided into 2 parts
Virginia---1607 Joint Stock Company Colony based on economic Representative Government
London Company interests---Gold---tobacco saves , Houses of Burgesses
John Smith----Jamestown colony Royal colony
Georgia---1732 James Oglethorpe Provide a place for debtors could Royal colony
start a new life
Buffer against Spanish Florida
Self-Governing colony: This allowed the settlers to govern themselves through a charter
Royal colony: King governed the colony through advisors sent from England
Proprietary colony: King gives the land to an individual and he is able to govern as he pleases
Characteristics of 13 Colonies
C. Southern Colonies A. New England
1. slavery to work the large plantations 1. good harbors
2. rice, tobacco and cotton 2. small farms and towns
, fertile soil 3. trade centered around harbors
3. cities: Charleston 4. hilly, forested and shallow sail
, cities: Boston 15,000 - 1750
D. Summary of colonies 5. fishing, lumber and trapping
1. all colonies were similar in lifestyle and 6. family oriented, education, religion
culture.
2. people came from England and other parts B. Middle Colonies
of Europe. 1. river valleys - good communication
3. slavery in the South 2. rolling hills - fertile sail
4. all practiced representative government or 3. "breadhasket" - large farms - surplus food
self-government 4. diverse population
5. fiercely independent and enjoy their 5. manufacturing
freedoms. , iron mines, shipyards, glass and paper
, cities: New York and Philadelphia