Colony (Year Origin of Name Chief Products Founded) Massachusetts Massachusetts Indian words meaning Farming (corn and cattle), fishing, “near (1620) the great hill” lumbering, shipbuilding Rhode Island Dutch words for island” Farming (cattle and fishing, “red (1636) lumbering Connecticut Algonquian Indian words meaning the Farming (corn and wheat), fishing “on (1633) long tidal river” New Hampshire County of Hampshire in England Farming (potatoes), fishing, textiles, (1622) shipbuilding New Jersey Isle of Jersey in England Ironworking, lumbering (1664) New York (1624) Duke of York Farming (cattle, rice, indigo, wheat)ironworks, shipbuilding Pennsylvania William Penn and Sylvania Farming (corn, wheat, cattle , dairy) (1682) (Latin for Forest) papermaking, textiles, shipbuilding Delaware ( Delaware tribe and early governor of Virginia, Fishing, lumbering 1638) Lord de la Warr Virginia (1607) Elizabeth I of England Farming (corn, tobacco, wheat) Georgia (1732) King George II of England Farming (indigo, rice, sugar) North Carolina Carolus ( Latin for Charles), Charles I of Farming (indigo, rice, tobacco) (1712) England South Carolina Carolus ( Latin for Charles), Charles I of Farming (indigo, rice, tobacco) (1712) England Maryland ( Queen Henrietta Maria of England Farming (corn, indigo,, rice, wheat), 1632) ironworks, shipbuilding)
Colony (Year Founded) Origin of Name Chief Products Massachusetts (1620) Massachusetts Indian words meaning “near the great hill” Farming (corn and cattle), fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding Rhode Island (1636) Dutch words for “red island” Farming (cattle and fishing, lumbering Connecticut (1633) Algonquian Indian words meaning “on the long tidal river” Farming (corn and wheat), fishing New Hampshire (1622) County of Hampshire in England Farming (potatoes), fishing, textiles, shipbuilding New Jersey (1664) Isle of Jersey in England Ironworking, lumbering New York (1624) Duke of York Farming (cattle, rice, indigo, wheat)ironworks, shipbuilding Pennsylvania (1682) William Penn and Sylvania (Latin for Forest) Farming (corn, wheat, cattle , dairy) papermaking, textiles, shipbuilding Delaware ( 1638) Delaware tribe and early governor of Virginia, Lord de la Warr Fishing, lumbering Virginia (1607) Elizabeth I of England Farming (corn, tobacco, wheat) Georgia (1732) King George II of England Farming (indigo, rice, sugar) North Carolina (1712) Carolus ( Latin for Charles), Charles I of England Farming (indigo, rice, tobacco) South Carolina (1712) Carolus ( Latin for Charles), Charles I of England Farming (indigo, rice, tobacco) Maryland ( 1632) Queen Henrietta Maria of England Farming (corn, indigo,, rice, wheat), ironworks, shipbuilding)
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