Miss Erwins 3rd Grade Class

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Miss Erwins3rd Grade Class

• The Thirteen Original Colonies

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Table of Contents

• Virginia
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Maryland
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Delaware (Was New Sweden)
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• New Jersey
• New York (was New Amsterdam)
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• That's the Thirteen Original Colonies!

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Virginia

• Founded in 1607
• Founded by the London Company
• Founded to gain wealth to convert the natives of
  Christianity

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Massachusetts

• Founded in 1620
• Founded by the Puritans
• Fled from England to find refuge and create their
  own community in America

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New Hampshire

• Founded in 1623
• Founded by John Mason
• New Hampshire was a planned colony, designed to
  be a fishing colony

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Maryland

• Founded in 1634
• Founded by Lord Baltimore
• Founded to create wealth and provide refuge for
  the Roman Catholics still being persecuted in
  England.

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Rhode Island

• Founded in 1636
• Founded by Roger Williams
• Roger Williams founded Rhode Island to spread his
  beliefs to others.

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Delaware

• Founded in 1638
• Founded by Peter Minuit and the New Sweden
  Company
• Founded to create religious freedom opportunities

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North Carolina

• Founded in 1653
• Founded by Virginians
• Virginians founded North Carolina in order to
  acquire more land

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South Carolina

• Founded in 1663
• Founded by 8 nobles with a royal charter from
  Charles II
• Due to internal problems Carolina had to be split
  into North and South Carolina

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New Jersey

• Founded in 1664
• Founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
• Settlers were promised representative government
  and freedom of religion

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New York

• Founded in 1664
• Founded by the Duke of York
• The Duke of York acquired the land and named it
  New Amsterdam, the name was changed to New York
  in honor of the Duke.

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Pennsylvania

• Founded in 1682
• Founded by William Penn
• William Penn was seeking freedom of religion to
  rescue himself and other Quakers from religious
  persecution.

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Georgia

• Founded in 1732
• Founded by James Edward Oglethorpe
• Created to serve as a place where prisoners could
  start fresh and it served as a barrier against
  Spanish expansion from Florida

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The End!