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Virginia
The reason Virgina was started because England wanted to find gold.
John Smith founded this area. -
New York
New York was founded when England capsured the Dutch colonie and gave the land to his brother.
Founded by: The Duke of York -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts was started to gain religous freedome.
The Pilgrims founded this area -
Maryland
The reason Maryland was founded was King Charles 1 gave land so all christions could worship freeley. King Charles 1 didn't found this area Cecilius Calvert did. -
Rhode Island
In 1636 Rhode Island was founded so people could worship freeley. This place was founded by Thomas Hooker -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was created so it could be a place where all men could vote.
Founded by another colonist from Thomas Hooker -
delaware
King Charles 1 gave land so all christians could worship freeley now that is the reason Delaware was started.
Cecilius Calvert founded this area. -
Connectcut
Connectcut was founded to form a new community where all men could vote, even if they were not church members.
Thomas Hooker founded this area of land. -
South Carolina
This area was created to France and Spain out of the area.
Also founded by King Charles 2 -
Pennsylvaina
Pennsylvaina was founded because King Charles 2 owed money to Penn's family so he gave William a large pice of land instead.
By the way this is how Pennsylvaina got its name William PENN and sylvaina means woods and it had a lot of woods so it means Penn's woods. Pennsylvaina was founded by William Penn. -
New Jersey
The reason New Jersey was started was when England capsured the Dutch colonie.
Founded by: John Berkeley and Geroge Carteret -
North Carolina
North Carolina was started so England could keep France and Spain out of the area. Also in 1729 they split South Carolina in half thats what North Carolina was started it used to be apart of South Carolina.
King Charles 2 founded this area. -
Georgia
King Charles 3 started this area to keep France and Spain away from South Carolina.
Founded by James Oglethorpe
