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Virginia was founded-Southern Colony
Virginia was founded because merchants wanted to make money from resources in Jamestown. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. http://www.medieval-spell.com/Medieval-Merchants.html -
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New Hampshire was founded-New England Colony
New Hampshire was founded because some people disagreed with the puritans. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bj4s76pPbqQ/UvWzuAvFiBI/AAAAAAAAD2o/k2IgqUn9GgQ/w1200-h630-p-k-nu/puritans.jpg -
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Massachusetts bay was founded-New England Colony
Massachusetts bay was founded as a place where puritans could worship in peace. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/puritan-congregational-church-wilkes-barre-pa-1887-albert-kipp.html?product=art-print -
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Carolina was founded-Southern Colony
Carolina was founded to make money. Tobacco was their cash crop. Carolina was too big to manage, so it was split into two in 1729.
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Maryland was founded-Southern Colony
Calvert wanted to get rich and start a safeplace for Roman Catholics to worship. http://www.antiquebible.com/gallery/F11---1-.jpg -
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Rhode Island was founded-New England Colony
The colony was founded because Roger William believed that people should choose their own religion.
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Connecticut was founded-New England Colony
The founder of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker, disagreed with the Puritan leaders. He Chose to start a colony where there were rich farmlands. http://blog.waynebeauregard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Jenne-Farm.jpg -
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New York was founded-Middle Colony
New York was founded by the Dutch, but was taken by English without firing a shot. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f4/d7/5d/f4d75d6e3db65347bf7a7198941ef57f.jpg -
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New Jersey was founded-Middle Colony
New Jersey was a gift to John Berkeley and George Carteret from the King of England.
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Pennsylvania was founded-Middle Colony
Pennsylvania was founded as a place where Quakers could worship in peace.
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Delaware was founded-Middle Colony
More land was needed in Pennsylvania. When Penn received the land, he also paid the Native Americans for it.
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Georgia was founded-Southern Colony
Georgia was founded to block Spanish from advancing farther North.
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