Region & General Colonies Year Founded / Distinctions Characteristics Claimed by England New England Massachusetts Pilgrims: 1620 Governor John Winthrop: Puritans: 1629 on a hill” “City Puritan commonwealth, high Connecticut 1635 religiosity, theocracy, town meetings, farming, trade, Rhode Island 1636 Roger Williams emphasis on schools, small Religious toleration numbers of slaves, mostly New Hampshire 1638 English settlers New York 1664 (Dutch 1624) Middle Colonies Diversity (settlers: English and German Quakers, Dutch, New Jersey 1664 (Dutch 1629) French, Scottish, Irish), religious toleration, farming, Pennsylvania 1681 William Penn: trade, small numbers of Experiment” “Holy slaves, town meetings Delaware 1701 (Dutch 1638) Virginia 1607 Jamestown: first permanent Southern Colonies British settlement Mostly English settlers, Maryland 1632 Religious freedom for all aristocratic, slave societies, Christians
Region & General Characteristics Colonies Year Founded / Claimed by England Distinctions New England Puritan commonwealth, high religiosity, theocracy, town meetings, farming, trade, emphasis on schools, small numbers of slaves, mostly English settlers Massachusetts Pilgrims: 1620 Puritans: 1629 Governor John Winthrop: “City on a hill” Connecticut 1635 Rhode Island 1636 Roger Williams Religious toleration New Hampshire 1638 Middle Colonies Diversity (settlers: English and German Quakers, Dutch, French, Scottish, Irish), religious toleration, farming, trade, small numbers of slaves, town meetings New York 1664 (Dutch 1624) New Jersey 1664 (Dutch 1629) Pennsylvania 1681 William Penn: “Holy Experiment” Delaware 1701 (Dutch 1638) Southern Colonies Mostly English settlers, aristocratic, slave societies, Virginia 1607 Jamestown: first permanent British settlement Maryland 1632 Religious freedom for all Christians
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