American Colonies Flashcards
(42 cards)
Founded 1620 by William Bradford
Plymouth
Founded 1626 by Peter Minuit(Dutch) then Duke Of York(English)
New Netherland (New York after 1663)
Founded in 1630 by John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
Founded 1634 by George Calvert
Maryland
Founded 1636 by Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Founded 1636 by Thomas Hooker
Connecticut
Founded in 1638 by John Wheelwright
New Hampshire
Found in 1638 by Peter Minuit (who left Dutch West India Company & went into Swedish service)
Delaware (taken by Dutch from Swedish in 1655; taken by English from Dutch in 1664)
Found in 1653 by 8 proprietors
North Carolina: Albemarle Colony
Found in 1663 by 8 proprietors
South Carolina
Found in 1664 by lord Berkeley and Sir Carteret
New Jersey
Found in 1682 by William Penn
Pennsylvania
Found in 1732 by James Oglethorpe
Georgia
Virginia settlement
Jamestown
Plymouth settlement
Plymouth
New Netherland settlement
New Amsterdam (New York)
Massachusetts bay settlement
Boston
St. Marys
Maryland
Rhode Island settlement
Providence
Connecticut settlement
Hartford
New Hampshire settlement
Exeter
Delaware settlement?
Wilmington
North Carolina settlement
Albemarle county
South Carolina settlement
Charlestown