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Virginia Founded
First colony to be founded successfully by England.
Social: Protestantism, population consisted of only men at first
Political: treated and acted as Englishmen
Economic: searched for gold, but made money from tobacco -
New Hampshire Founded
See Massachusetts. -
Massachusetts Bay Founded
Social: male-dominated; religious; composed of Separatists but mostly Puritans
Political: started crude government by using the Mayflower Compact; first governor was John Winthrop
Economic: fur trade, ship building, and fishing -
Maryland Founded
Social: refuge for Catholics
Political: controlled by Lord Baltimore
Economic: exported tobacco, had indentured slavery -
Connecticut Founded
Social: consisted of Puritans from Boston
Political: established the Fundamental Orders
Economic: trade similar to Massachusetts -
Rhode Island Founded
Social: full of outcasts; very religiously tolerant
Political: influenced and founded by Roger Williams -
Delaware Founded
Social: religiously tolerant; ethnically diverse; inhabited by Swedish
Political: democratic
Economic: exported grain and lumber; traded -
North Carolina Founded
Social:
Political: Lords Propreiters created the Carolinas to separate from South Carolina
Economic: was close with West Indies sugar trade