Thirteen Colonies

What colonies were in the New England colonies?

Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire

What colonies were in the Middle colonies?

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

What colonies were in the Chesapeake colonies?

Virginia and Maryland

What colonies were in the southern colonies?

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina

Who founded Massachusetts?

Puritans

Who founded Rhode Island?

Roger Williams

Who founded Connecticut?

Thomas Hooker

Who founded New Hampshire?

John Mason

Who founded Pennsylvania?

William Penn

Who founded New York?

Duke of York

Who founded New Jersey?

John Berkeley and George Carteret

Who founded Delaware?

Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company

Who founded Virginia?

London/Virginia Company

Who founded Maryland?

Lord Baltimore

Who founded North Carolina?

Virginians and Sir Walter Raleigh

Who founded South Carolina?

Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II

Who founded Georgia?

James Oglethorpe

Which colony was founded to escape British rule because the colonists wanted a democratic government?

Massachusetts

Which colony was founded because the founder wanted to make changes in Massachusetts' religion, but was banished? This colony was also founded because the colonists wanted separation of church and state.

Rhode Island

Which colony was founded for freedom from government, people looking to find their fortune, and people coming to the "New World"?

Connecticut

Which colony was founded as a place free from Puritans and because the founder recieved the land as a gift and wanted to make a colony?

New Hampshire

Which colony was founded for freedom of religion and protection from persecution?

Pennsylvania

What colony was founded because the founder recieved the land, also known as New Netherland, and named it after himself?

New York

Which colony was founded with the promise of fortune and freedom so people would be attracted to live there? The founders recieved this land as a gift from the Duke of York.

New Jersey

Which colony was founded as a part of New Sweden, but the king of England renamed it?

Delaware

Which colony was founded as a source of profit?

Virginia

Which colony was founded as a place for Roman Catholics struggling in England with tyranny and for profit?

Maryland

Which colony was founded as a new group for Virginians tired of religious laws?

North Carolina

Which colony was founded because Nobles split the group of states it was apart of?

South Carolina

Which colony was founded for prisoners to start anew and as a military base against the Spanish?

Georgia