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Colonies Founder Why i t w as Geographic Role o f Comparison
Founded Characteristics Religion
New England
Rhode Island Roger Because h e It’s 1,545 Puritan
W illiam s wanted
religious square m iles,
freedom
it’s t he
smallest
colony, it i s 200
feet a bove s ea
level
Connecticut Thomas Thomas 698 square Puritan
Hooker Hooker a nd miles h ave
his f ollowers water, 5,544
wanted square m iles,
freedom i n Lake
religion a nd Candlewood i s
economy located h ere
New Captain J ohn It w as Mount Puritan
Hampshire Mason founded
when him Washington i s
and o ther
settlers located i n New
created a
fishing Hampshire,
village.
Newfound Lake
is in t his state,
382 m iles o f
water
Massachuset John He w anted 3,487 m iles Puritan
the P uritans above s ea
ts B ay W inthrop to have level, M ount
religious Greylock was
freedom the h ighest
point, t he
Charles River
is l ocated i n
this s tate
Middle
New Y ork Peter M inuit trade Mount Marcy Quakers,
runs t hrough Catholics,
New Y ork, Lutherans,
1,000 feet Jews
above s ea
level, b orders
Canada
Pennsylvania William P enn He m ade the Lake E rie is Quakers,
colony so the located in P A, Catholics,
Quakers 1,239 square Lutherans,
could have miles have Jews
religious water, M t.
freedom. Davis is t he
highest point in
PA
Delaware Peter M inuet Had a g rant It w ould be t he Quakers,
from t he N ew smallest state Catholics,
Sweden if Rhode Island Lutherans,
Company. wasn’t t here, Jews
PA and New
Jersey
surround i t, i t’s
2,489 m iles
New J ersey Lord B erkeley Wanted to 7,419 square Quakers,
make p rofit miles are l and, Catholics,
off of r eal Delaware R iver Lutherans,
estate runs through Jews
New Jersey,
1,803 above
sea level
Southern
Maryland George His f ather, It is 12,407 Baptists
Calvert brother, a nd miles, 3,360 and
him w anted miles above Anglicans.
to s ee it b e sea level, Lake
settled. A nd Oakland is
they wanted located in
religious Maryland
freedom.
Virginia John Smith Him and t he Baptists
people w ho and
went to Anglicans.
Virginia went 950 feet above
here f or a sea l evel,
new s tart as Potomac River
well as t rade Is l ocated h ere,
and profit Consists o f
39,598 miles of
land
North Proprietary It was It’s 53,821 Baptists
Carolina colony founded for miles, Neuse and
trading and River, 7 00 feet Anglicans.
South making profit. above s ea
Carolina level, M ount
Mitchell i s the
Georgia tallest p art
This colony trading Savannah Baptists
was also
founded by River is in and
proprietaries
South Carolina, Anglicans.
there’s 3 0,111
square m iles of
land,
James At t he time Close to b eing Baptists
Oglethorpe this c olony an “ average” and
was f or s lave sized state, Anglicans.
work located i n
Twiggs C ounty,
meets the
Atlantic Ocean
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