COLONY NAME Virginia Massachusetts New Hampshire Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Deleware North Carolina South Carolina New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Georgia YEAR 1607 1620 1623 1634 1635 1636 1638 1653 1663 1664 1664 1684 1732 FOUNDED BY London Company Puritans John Wheelwright Lord Baltimore Thomas Hooker Roger Williams Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company Virginians Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret Duke of York William Penn James Edward Oglethorpe REASON FOR Economic Gain Economic Gain and establish thecracy
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COLONY NAME Virginia Massachusetts New Hampshire Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island Deleware North Carolina South Carolina New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Georgia YEAR 1607 1620 1623 1634 1635 1636 1638 1653 1663 1664 1664 1684 1732 FOUNDED BY London Company Puritans John Wheelwright Lord Baltimore Thomas Hooker Roger Williams Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company Virginians Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret Duke of York William Penn James Edward Oglethorpe REASON FOR Economic Gain Economic Gain and establish thecracy
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