Name _________________

The Thirteen English Colonies

 

 

Region

Date of  Founding

Founder or People associated with Early History of Colony

Notes on the Early History of the Colony: Why it was founded, significant characteristics, terms, and/or laws

Environment, Economy, and Labor of the Region; the role of religion in these colonies

New England

Plymouth and Massachusetts

 

 

 

Plymouth – 1620

 

Mass. Bay – 1630

 

 

 

 

Connecticut

 

 

 

 

1636

 

 

 

Rhode Island

 

 

 

 

1636

 

 

 

New Hampshire

 

 

 

 

1623

 

 

Middle Colonies

New York

 

 

 

 

1625

 

 

 

 

New Jersey

 

 

 

 

1664

 

Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

1681

 

 

 

Delaware

 

 

 

 

1638

 

 

Southern Colonies

Maryland

 

 

 

 

1632

 

 

 

 

 Jamestown and Virginia

 

 

 

 

1607

 

 

North Carolina

 

 

 

Carolinas – 1663

 

NC – 1712

 

 

South Carolina

 

 

 

Carolinas – 1663

 

SC – 1712

 

 

Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

1732