| New England Colonies |
Founder |
Date |
Reason for Founding |
Massachusets Bay
Plymouth |
Williamd Bradford
John Winthrop |
1620 |
Religious Freedom |
| New Hampshire |
John Mason |
1622 |
Commerce |
| Rhode Island |
Roger Williams |
1636 |
Relgious Freedom |
| Middle Colonies |
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| New York |
Dutch Settlers |
1624 |
Expand Trade |
| Delaware |
Swedish Settlers |
1638 |
Swedish Settlers |
| New Jersey |
John Berkely
George Cateret |
1664 |
Commercial Interests |
| Pennsylvania |
William Penn |
1681 |
Religious and Commercial Interests |
| Southern Colonies |
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| Virginia |
John Smith |
1607 |
Expand Trade |
| Maryland |
George Calvert |
1632 |
Religious Freedom and Commercial Interest |
| Carolinas |
Group of Eight |
1663 |
Commercial Interest |
| Georgia |
James Ogethrope |
1732 |
Home for Debtors Commercial Interests |
