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Colonial America

Colonial America. Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?. Reason for colonizing. Religious Economic. Breakdown of Colonies. The colonies and their specific reasons for being established. Economic Colonies. Roanoke Island (Lost colony)

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Colonial America

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  1. Colonial America • Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?

  2. Reason for colonizing • Religious • Economic

  3. Breakdown of Colonies • The colonies and their specific reasons for being established.

  4. Economic Colonies • Roanoke Island (Lost colony) • Jamestown Settlement (1607) first permanent settlement. • Georgia: Settled by colonists bound for debtors prison who hoped to experience a new life in the New World.

  5. Religious Colonies • Plymouth colony settled by separatists of the church of England escaping religious persecution. • Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for the same reason. • Pennsylvania settled by the Quakers.

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