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Characteristics of British Colonies

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Jamestown, Virginia
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Complete your column as a group, then selected experts, share with the other groups Characteristics of British Colonies Characteristic NEW ENGLAND MIDDLE COLONIES SOUTHERN COLONIES (including Chesapeake) Colonies Massachusetts / Plymouth Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Maine New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Reason for settlement: (religion, profit, philanthropy, etc) Common Geographic characteristics Predominant Nationality ? ethnic groups Religious Toleration: To what extent and for what reasons MD Toleration Act- Carolinas established religious toleration to attract immigrant settlers to the region Characteristic

English Colonies Notes

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English overseas possessions
Plymouth Colony

The Southern Colonies ? The Chesapeake (Virginia & Maryland) ??? A. Virginia (founded in 1607 by Virginia Company) ??????? 1.??? Jamestown, 1607: 1st permanent British colony in New World ??????????????? a. Founded by Virginia Company that received charter from ??????????????????? King James I. ??????????????????? i. Main goals: Promise of gold, conversion of Amerindians ?????????????????????? to Christianity (just like Spain), and new passage through ?????????????????????? North America to the East Indies (Northwest Passage). ??????????????????? ii. Consisted largely of well-to-do adventurers ??????????????? b. Virginia Charter ??????????????????? i. ?Overseas settlers given same rights of Englishmen in ??????????????????????? England
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