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Connecticut
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Colony Thomas Hooker (dissenter) started the colony in search of greater religious freedom. They wanted to build farms on the fertile land along the Connecticut River.
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Delaware
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Started by William Penn as part of Pennsylvania. Later became a separate colony for trade and farming.
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Georgia
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Started by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors.
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Massachusetts Bay
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Founded by William Bradford and John Winthrop to escape religious persecution in England.
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Rhode Island
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Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson (dissenters) established a colony for religious freedom.
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New Hampshire
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Founded by John Wheelwright
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New York
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Henry Hudson landed hear during his explorations and claimed it for the Dutch. Duke of York from England captured it from the Dutch.
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New Jersey
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Build colony on land captured from the Dutch.
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Pennsylvania
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Founded by William Penn as a Quaker colony.
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Virginia
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Founded by John Smith. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. The colony was established because England wanted to find gold.
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Maryland
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Established by Lord Baltimore for Catholics.
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North Carolina
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Founded for farming
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South Carolina
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Founded for farming
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