13 colonies

Maryland

purpose: to est. safehaven for Catholics

Maryland

Act of Toleration

North and South. Carolina

originally one colony

North and South Carolina

land given to 8 nobles

Gerogia

prisoner + border colony

new york

encourage cultural and religious diversity

new york

given to duke of york by charles II

maryland

george calvert (1st Lord Baltimore)

maryland

king charles I granted the charter

new jersey

created from new york

new jersey

sold land cheap to encourage settlement

pennsylvania

founded by william penn

pennsylvania

recieved a land grant from Charles II

pennsylvania

established for the quakers

delaware

originally the North American colony of new sweden

delaware

broke away from PA

delaware

created to govern themselves through a legislative assembly

massachusetts

est. in 1620 by the pilgrims

massachusetts

were heading for VA, but arrived in the north

massachusetts

founders seeking religious freedom

connecticut

thomas hooker (puritan minister)

connecticut

created bc thomas hooker believed all ind. had the right to participate in gvmt

new hampshire

people formed their own colony out of MA because of distance

rhode island

colony for dissenters