The New England Colonies
Massachusetts
Founders/Leaders
William Bradford
(1620 Pilgrims)
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
John Wheelright
(1638)
Roger Williams
Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
John Winthrop
(1630 Puritans)
Anne Hutchinson
(1644)
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
(1636)
Reasons Founded
Escape religious
persecution in
England (Religious)
People
Separatists known as British, Scottish, Irish Europeans
Pilgrims and Puritans
Native Americans
Native Americans
Dutch and Swedish
Harbors
Heavily forested
Rocky Soil
Hilly and Forested
Rocky soil, heavy
forest, fertile land
Bitter cold winters
with mild summers
Bitter cold winters,
warm and humid
summers
Rocky, fertile soil
Colder Winters,
short but humid
summers
Colder Winters,
short but humid
summers
Shipping & Ship
building
Fishing, whaling
Shipping
Fishing, whaling
Fur
Shipping & Ship
building
Subsistence Farming
Shipping & Ship
building
Lumber
Fur
Fishing
Lumber
Climate and
Geography
Economy
Livestock and dairy
farms
Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
Native Americans
Subsistence Farming
Livestock and dairy
farms
Rum-making
Religious Views
Lives centered
around religious
worship and the
church
Religious freedom
Religious freedom
Religious freedom
Government
Town meetings
(self-government)
Representative
Assembly
Town Meeting
Town Meeting
Governor and
General Assembly
Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut
(first written
constitution)
Laws based on
religious beliefs
Only white men in
good standing with
the church could
vote
The Middle Colonies
(The Breadbasket Colonies)
New York
Founders/Leaders
New Jersey
Dutch Settlers (1624) Lord Berkley (1664)
English (after
military take-over)
Pennsylvania
William Penn
(1681)
Delaware
Dutch Settlers
English(after military
take-over)
Reasons Founded
Profit (Economic)
Profit and Trade
(Economic)
Escape from
Profit and Trade
religious persecution
(Economic)
in England
Religious Freedom
(Religious)
(Religious)
People
Mixed Europeans
(ethnic
diversity/melting
pot)
Mixed Europeans
(ethnic
diversity/melting
pot)
Quakers and other
religious groups
Harbors
Cold winters and
hot, humid summers
Fertile land with
heavy forests
Cool winters and
mild/warm summers
Hot, humid
summers, cold
winters
forests
Climate and
Geography
Fertile soil but had
trees and rocks
Longer growing
season that New
Hot humid summers,
York
bitter cold winters
Moderate growing
season
Economy
Farmers
Fishing
(Breadbasket Colonies)
Merchants and
tradesmen
No natural harbor so
not as much trade as
NY
Fur
Small farms
Lumber
Dutch
Swedish
English
Land contains iron
ore
Farms that produced lumber
grains
Fishing
(Breadbasket Colonies)
Dairy cattle
Merchants and
tradesmen
lumber
Shipping
Religious Views
Religious toleration
Religious toleration
Religious toleration
Government
Governor appointed
by the King of
England
A royal colony where Political freedom
colonists made their
and self-government
own local laws
Representative
(self-government)
assembly
Religious toleration
Separate colony
supervised by
Pennsylvanias
governor
The Southern Colonies
Maryland
Virginia
North & South Carolina
Georgia
Founders/Leaders
Lord Baltimore
(1632)
John Smith
(Virginia Company
1607)
Eight Lords who were
friends with King
Charles II (1663)
Reasons Founded
Religious Freedom
for Catholics
Investment to make
money
Given as a political gift New start for
debtors who were
in prison
People
Catholics
Europeans seeking
cheap land
Europeans
Debtors
Indentured servants
Europeans
African slaves
African slaves
Chesapeake Bay was Mild winters, hot
surrounded by fertile
summers
land
Flat, fertile land
Cold winters, hot
Swampy in the east;
and humid summers
wooded mountains
in the west
Mild winters, hot
summers
Mild winters, hot
summers
Flat, fertile land
Flat, fertile land
Swampy in the east;
wooded mountains in
the west
Swampy in the
east; wooded
mountains in the
west
Farms that raised
grains, tobacco, flax
crops such as
tobacco, cotton,
indigo and rice
crops such as tobacco, crops such as
cotton, indigo and rice
tobacco, cotton,
indigo and rice
African slaves
Climate and
Geography
Economy
fishing
James Oglethorpe
(1732)
Religious Views
tolerant
Church of England
tolerant
tolerant
Government
elected
representatives
House of Burgesses
ruled by the King
elected
representatives to
Common House of
Assembly
