The Thirteen Colonies

1. The Thirteen Colonies By Kanishk Pandey

2. The Southern Colonies

3. The Virginia Colony The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607.It was lead by Captain John Smith. The Virginia Colony went there because they wanted money. The settlers were from England. The Virginia colony's major industry was agriculture. They used to grow wheat and tobacco. The colony’s major cities are Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond .

4. The Maryland Colony The Maryland Colony was founded in 1632. It was lead by Lord Baltimore. The settlers were from England. They came there because of poverty in England. All of the Maryland Colony was catholic. They liked to grow tobacco.

5. The North Carolina Colony • The North Carolina Colony was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter. The settlers were from England. The settlers came there because they wanted freedom. It was the first colony that lived permanently. The settlers called the land that they landed on Roanoke.

6. The South Carolina Colony • The South Carolina Colony was founded in 1663 by King Charleston. The settlers were from England. They wanted religious freedom. • The South Carolina and the North Carolina colonies settled together. They loved to grow rice, tobacco, and cotton.

7. The Georgia Colony • The Georgia Colony was founded in 1732 by King George II. The settlers were from England. They wanted freedom. Most of the people there were Catholics and Christians. The colonists hoped to make silk there but their venture failed.

8. The Middle Colonies

9. The New York Colony • The New York colony was founded in 1664 by the Duke of York. They came to America because it had good soil and the Hudson River. • They came from England. The New York Colony was completely taken over by the English in 1674. The New York Colony began the fur trade with the Native Americans.

10. The New Jersey Colony • The New Jersey Colony was founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley. They were from England. They came to America because they needed money and religious freedom. Their Major Industry was lumbering. Their major cities were Trenton and Princeton.

11. The Pennsylvania Colony • The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1681 by William Penn. The Colonists were from Sweden. The colonists were almost all Quakers. The Quakers came to America because they wanted a safe haven. Pennsylvania’s major industry was Agriculture.

12. The Delaware Colony • The Delaware colony was founded in 1638, by Henry Hudson. The colonists were from Sweden, The Netherlands, and England. Most of their jobs were lumbering, ironworks, and fishing. They made money by agriculture. The Delaware Colony moved to America to get land and for freedom.

13. The New England Colonies

14. The Massachusetts Colony • The Massachusetts Colony was founded in 1629 by John Winthrop. They wanted religious freedom. They were from England. Some major cities in the Massachusetts Colony are Boston, Quincy, and Plymouth. The colony used to do lumbering and fishing.

15. The New Hampshire Colony • The New Hampshire Colony was founded in 1623 by John Mason. People moved there because they wanted freedom and better farmland. The settlers were from England. New Hampshire’s major cities are Concord. They worked by fishing, growing potatoes, and ship building.

16. The Connecticut Colony • The Connecticut Colony was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker. People moved there because it was a prosperous colony and it had a variety of jobs. They were from England. The Connecticut Colony’s major cities were Hartford and New Haven. They mostly earned money by agriculture and fishing.

17. The Rhode Island Colony • The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. They came to America because they wanted religious freedom. The settlers were from England. Rhode Island’s major city is Providence. The major jobs are agriculture and lumbering.

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