The document summarizes the original 13 colonies of British America, including the dates of settlement, founding purposes, and governance structures. It describes that Virginia was founded in 1607 as the first successful English colony, while Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maryland were founded as places for religious freedom. The other colonies - New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Georgia - were established throughout the 17th century for various economic and political purposes. Most eventually became royal colonies ruled directly by the British crown.

2. • Settlement began in 1607
• Founded by the London Company
• Became a Royal Colony in 1624
• Four of the first five American presidents came
from Virginia: George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
• Name after Queen Elizabeth of England, who
was famous for never marrying. Therefore; she
was known as “The Virgin Queen.”

3. • Settled in Plymouth in 1620
• Settled in Massachusetts Bay in 1630
• These two settlements came together in 1691
and became a Royal Colony.
• Inhabitants of Massachusetts were radical
Protestants, known as Puritans.
• They are also known as the Pilgrims.

4. • Settled in 1623 by John Mason
• Became a Royal colony in 1679
• This colony was created to become a fishing
colony

5. • Settled in 1634
• Lord Baltimore was given a royal charter by
Charles I.
• Maryland was named in honor of the King’s
wife.

6. • Settled in 1635 by Thomas Hooker
• This colony began as three distinct
settlements, but were eventually combined
into a single royal charter in 1662.
• 3 settlements:
1. Windsor
2. Wethersfield
3. Hartford

7. • Settled in 1636 by Roger
Williams after he was
banished from
Massachusetts Bay for
expressing his own religious
beliefs.
• Rhode Island was created as
a safe haven for religious
freedom.

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Settled in 1638 by Henry Hudson
Originally a Dutch colony
England took over in 1664
Delaware was the first colony to become a
state on December 7th, 1787.

9. • Settled in 1653 by
Virginians trying to
escape religious
persecution
• Initially a part of one
colony, known as
“Carolina”
• Became a Royal Colony in
1729

10. • Settled in 1663
• Originally a part of
Carolina
• Became a colony
when Charles II
granted 8 nobles a
royal charter
• Very successful in rice
farming
• Only colony with
majority slave
population
• Very valuable for
colonial success
• Charlestown, South
Carolina-number one
port in the South

11. • Settled in 1664
• Begins as Dutch Colony settled by Henry
Hudson
• Fort Orange- major trading company with
Indians
• English troops march to overtake the Dutch
for New York, but the Dutch surrender their
colony without a fight.

12. • Settled in 1664
• King James of England
granted two friends part of
New York to start a colony
• Bumpy start, but eventually
became a Royal Colony in
1729
• Known for farming and
trading to larger cities

13. • Settled in 1682
• Proprietary colony
given to Admiral
Penn by King
Charles II
• Admiral Penn
sends his
son, William Penn
to accept land

14. • Settled in 1732
• Set up as a bumper colony to protect valuable
South Carolina from Indians and SpanishFlorida
• Trusteeship- not religious or proprietary colony
with strict rules:
1. Small land holdings
2. No slaves
3. No Roman Catholics