Jamestown, founded in 1607, is the first permanent English Colony in North America. , , Plymouth was founded in 1620 for religious reasons.  , , Thomas Hooker established self-government in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut., , New England colonies had rocky soil and long winters. , , Middle colonies fertile soil permitted large farming of wheat., , Southern Colonies' fertile soil gave way to large-scale plantation farming.  , , Tobacco, cotton, rice, and indigo were the cash crops of the Southern colonies. , , French colonists engaged in a active fur trade with the Native Americans. , , The Spanish established missions to convert Native Americans to Catholicism. , , William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania to help the Quakers., , Maryland was founded as a refuge for persecuted English Catholics. , .

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