Georgia - James Oglethorpe founded it as a place for people in debtors' prison to start over. , Virginia - Founded by the English in 1607 hoping to find gold. , Maryland - Founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Roman Catholics, Pennsylvania - Founded by William Penn as a Quaker colony, Massachusetts - Founded by the Pilgrims as a Puritans colony, Rhode Island - Founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchenson because Puritan Massachusetts was too strict, Connecticut - Founded by Thomas Hooker, who wrote the first modern constitution, New York and New Jersey - Founded by the Dutch, taken over by the British, Delaware - Founded as New Switzerland, taken over by the British , North and South Carolina  - After Virginia proved successful, these two colonies were founded for economic reasons. , New Hampshire - Fishing colony founded by Captain john Mason,

Founding the 13 Colonies

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